Tragedy averted as Garib Rath derails near Kalyan

A major tragedy was averted after an air-conditioned compartment of Jabalpur-bound Garib Rath train derailed around 2.40 pm on Tuesday, seconds before it was supposed to take the railway bridge over the Waldhuni river between Kalyan and Shahad. No casualty or injury to passengers was reported. 

This, along with a few other disruptions, affected even the suburban services on the Central Railway till evening. For the hundreds on board the 2188 CST-Jabalpur Garib Rath, it was a providential escape. Had the engine moved another 20 metres onto the bridge and if the bogey had slipped off the tracks, there could have been a large number of casualties as the bridge is about 40 m above the river, which carries toxic effluent released from chemical factories in Kalyan, Dombivli, Shahad. The train, with 18 coaches, left CST at 1.30 pm and reached Kalyan at 5 pm.