The locomotive and five coaches went off the tracks at Digaru station on Wednesday morning.
Six coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru railway station in the Kamrup (Metro) district of Assam at approximately 6.54 am on Wednesday, according to reports from The Economic Times and ThePrint.
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) stated that the locomotive and five coaches went off the tracks while the train was being received at the station to allow another train to pass. The Indian Railways said the derailment occurred because the loco pilot was unable to manage the train's speed.
Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the NFR, told news agency ANI that no casualties had been reported. While News18 reported that at least seven passengers sustained injuries and were taken to a hospital, ThePrint and the Indian Railways stated that all passengers were safe and no injuries had been reported.
The train was travelling from Aizawl, Mizoram, to Kolkata, West Bengal, when the incident happened. Most of the derailed coaches were air-conditioned units, according to News18.
The General Manager and other senior railway officials have arrived at the site to assess the situation. Relief and rescue operations have been initiated, and passengers are being moved to their destinations using an alternate train.
