Train derails in Lampung

Train derails in Lampung

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: A passenger train, Limex S-1, derailed in Kalibalangan subdistrict, Lampung province, on early Wednesday morning. No casualties were reported.

The ill-fated train had left the Kertapati railway station in Palembang province at 9 p.m. on Tuesday and was scheduled to arrive in Tanjungkarang, Lampung, at 4:07 a.m, on Wednesday.

As many as 423 passengers, including 104 in executive class, were evacuated to another train to continue their trip to Tanjungkarang.

Head of the Tanjungkarang railway station Baidillah confirmed the accident, which he said took place after one of the axles suffered serious damage, forcing the train to grind to a halt.

As the evacuation was underway, local railway workers and technicians were working to repair the severely damaged parts of the train in order to clear the track and restore railroad traffic on the single track line. --Antara