*KARACHI: Railway traffic to and from Karachi remained suspended for overfour hours as two coaches from the Rawalpindi bound ‘Tezgam Express’derailed at the Cantt Station on Tuesday.*
The bogies derailed when the train was was moving from washing line toplatform at the Cantt Station whereas no one was injured in the incident.
The incident threw the entire train operation into disarray at theKarachi’s railway stations and the authorities have to halt trains atdifferent railway stations for several hours.
The railway officials immediately started rescue operation and restored therail traffic after a span of four hours. Millat Express, Sir Syed Express,Shah Hussain Express and other trains faced two to four hours delay.
It is pertinent to mention here that two bogies of Karachi Express werealso derailed at the same area in the afternoon.
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Earlier on November 3, the death toll from a massive fire in three bogiesof Tezgam Express had surged to 75 as one more passenger had succumbed tohis burn injuries.
Sources had said that a passenger, Liaquat Ali, was on board the ill-fatedtrain when a fire broke out and engulfed three bogies of the train at aglance leaving dozens of people perished. He had suffered critical burninjuries in the inferno and was moved toNishtar Hospital in Multan.
