Goods train damages FOB in Odisha, services disrupted on Kolkata-Chennai route

The track has been shut for safety reasons as repairing is underway and train services will resume soon, an official said.

Train services have been disrupted on a section of the Kolkata-Chennai route as a goods train hit an iron angle hanging from a foot overbridge (FOB) and damaged the structure partially in Odisha’s Balasore district, a Railway official said on Tuesday.

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The accident took place on Monday night when a Haldia-bound coal-laden train from Dhamara was passing through Soro railway station under the jurisdiction of the South Eastern Railway (SER) zone, he said.

The track has been shut for safety reasons as repairing is underway, the official said.

Train services will resume soon, he said, adding the accident is being probed. PTI COR AAM ACD ACD