After resuming services, Coromandel Express crosses Balasore railway station

BALASORE (Odisha): The Coromandel Express, which was one of the three trains involved in the horrific crash and derailment in Odisha, crossed the Balasore railway station on Wednesday after services were restored on the line.

Earlier, on Wednesday, the Coromandel Express resumed its services and left Shalimar station in West Bengal’s Howrah for its journey to Chennai.

#WATCH | Coromandel Express, one of the trains involved in a triple collision in Odisha's Balasore, crosses the accident site at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore pic.twitter.com/Cgi3tgNCCV

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The accident, which claimed the lives of 275 passengers and left over 1,000 injured, involved the Yeshwantpur-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express and a goods train.

The Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express collided with a stationary freight train, resulting in the derailment of several coaches. A few of the derailed coaches fell on another track and were hit by another passenger train — the Howrah Express, which was coming from Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru.

On Monday, the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express train crossed the restored railway track in Balasore after the passenger train services resumed in the district. (ANI)