A goods train derailed on Sunday after a boulder rolled onto the railway tracks between Tyada and Chimidipalli railway stations of the Kothavalasa-Kirandul (KK) line in Andhra Pradesh, East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials said.
The incident took place around 4 am when the Visakhapatnam-bound goods train was coming from Bacheli, he said.
Two axles of the locomotive got derailed in the incident, the official said.
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Railway authorities rushed to site and restoration work was underway on a war-footing, he said, adding that train services are expected to be normalised by this evening.
The Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger train has been cancelled from both sides.