New Delhi: In second such incident in a month, a Delhi Metro train with 13 people on board derailed on Sunday morning near the Yamuna Bridge in east Delhi.
However, no one was injured in the incident.
Two wheels of the train’s front coach jumped tracks at 0604 hrs IST, seconds after it started from the Yamuna Bank station, a DMRC spokesperson said.
“None of the 13 passengers on board were injured,” he added.
“Since it was the first train starting from Yamuna Bank station there were only 13 passengers on board. The accident took place as the train approached towards the Yamuna Bridge, just half-a kilometre from Yamuna Bank station,” the spokesperson said.
Services in the Yamuna Bank-Indraprastha Metro station line have been affected due to the incident.
However, the Metro trains were plying normally from Indraprastha-Dwarka Sector 9.
The DMRC spokesman said recovery operations were on at the accident site and senior DMRC officials have arrived to oversee the operations.
The accident comes exactly a month after a Metro train derailed at the Dwarka station causing anxious moments to 34 passnegers on board.
A few days ago, a 108-metre signalling cable was stolen from between Yamuna Banks and Indraprastha stations leading to disruption of services on the line.
This is the third major accident involving Delhi Metro in two months.
On July 12, six persons were killed when an under-construction bridge on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line collapsed near Zamrudpur in south Delhi.
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