three coaches of Mumbai-Howrah Mail train were derailed near Igatpuri railway station in Maharashtra in the early hours on Sunday. No casualties were reported in the accident. However, several trains have been cancelled or diverted since rail route has been blocked.

Sunil Udasi, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, said 3 coaches of 12809 Mumbai-Howrah Mail via Nagpur derailed near Igatpuri on Mumbai Division at 2:05 am on Sunday. There are no injuries to any passenger, he said.

Coach S-12, S-13 and pantry car of the train were derailed.

The rail traffic was affected for a while but Railway officials said it was restored soon. ANI reported that 12 trains on the route were cancelled while one was short terminated. 7 trains were initially diverted due to the affected line.

"Front portion of Engine and 8 coaches left site for Igatpuri at 03:50 am. At 05:45 am 9th coach from engine (S-13) was rerailed. The diversions of trains are likely to be cancelled as the affected line is likely to be made fit shortly," Udasi said.

Affected trains:

Trains Diverted via Pune-Daund-Manmad:

11057 CSMT-Amritsar Express JCO 9.6.2018

15645 LTT-Guwahati Express JCO 9.6.2018

12167 LTT-Varanasi Express JCO 10.6.2018

Trains Diverted via Vasai Road-Surat-Jalgaon:

11093 CSMT-Varanasi Mahanagari Express JCO 10.6.2018

12141 LTT-Patliputra Express JCO 9.6.2018

15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express JCO 9.6.2018

12811 LTT-Hatia Express JCO 10.6.2018

Helpline Numbers:

Kalyan- 0251-2311499

Dadar- 022-24114836

Igatpuri- 02553-244020