12828 Purulia Junction-Howrah, 13506 Asansol-Digha, 08686 Adra-Kharagpur, 08675 Bishnupur-Adra, 08677 Bishnupur-Dhanbad Junction, 18027 Kharagpur-Asansol, and 12883 Santragachi Junction-Purulia Junction are some of the trains that were either delayed or cancelled in Adra. No one was hurt in the collision, which occurred near Onda in West Bengal’s Bankura district at around 4am on Sunday. However, the mishap delayed operations in the Adra section of the South Eastern Railway (SEC) for four hours, according to railway officials. According to SER officials, 12 trains that were scheduled to travel via the Adra section were cancelled due to the two trains’ severe damage.
Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, the head public relations officer of SER, told the news agency ANI that a goods train that was travelling through the main line jumped the red signal. Before services were resumed about 8.30am, he said, the main line and the loop line had to be cleared.
12828 Purulia Junction-Howrah, 13506 Asansol-Digha, 08686 Adra-Kharagpur, 08675 Bishnupur-Adra, 08677 Bishnupur-Dhanbad Junction, 18027 Kharagpur-Asansol, and 12883 Santragachi Junction-Purulia Junction are some of the trains that were either delayed or cancelled in Adra.