Train Coaches Separate Near Surat, No Casualties 

Surat : About seven carriages of the double-decker train traveling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai separated after the coupling connecting the compartments failed near Gothan village in Olpad taluka in Surat  on Thursday morning. The event occurred when the train was approaching Surat Railway Station at a sluggish speed. 

This incident did not result in any casualties. As soon as the incident was reported, the railway administration and police arrived and conducted an investigation. Passengers were trapped in the middle of the train as the coaches broke apart near Surat. At the moment, the compartments with broken couplings are being shipped to Mumbai for further assessment. 

The event caused a disruption in train traffic between Surat and Mumbai. The faulty coach was transported to the Gothan railway station, where railway engineers and officials inspected the vehicles. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the train’s problem. The running of trains from Ahmedabad to Surat has been disrupted after the double-decker train compartment was abruptly divided.

Iqbal Shaikh, who was travelling in a double decker train, reported that at 8:50 a.m., coaches 7 and 8 of the 12932 double decker express train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai suddenly parted. At that moment, a sister was standing in the running carriage and cried loudly; as people got out, they discovered that the train compartment had separated. Following that, railway officials arrived after contacting the railway department, and discovered that the coupling linking the two trains was broken. Railway officials have now removed coach number 7 and routed the train to Mumbai via coach numbers 6 and 8.

According to Railway Department official Javed Mansoori, they received a notice regarding the accident and have completed the necessary repairs here. The train’s coupler between coaches became separated, which we restored before dispatching to Mumbai.