Eight wagons of a goods train have derailed in Bihar's Jamui district, causing disruption of railway services on the Howrah-Patna-Delhi route, officials said.
No casualties have been reported so far, they said. An Eastern Railway official said that an inquiry has been ordered into the cause of the
accident.
The accident took place between Lahabon and Simultala railway stations under the Asansol division of Eastern Railways around 11.25 pm on Saturday.
It resulted in the disruption of the movement of around two dozen trains overnight, causing inconvenience to passengers.