Date:11/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/11/stories/2008121159640500.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

MMTS bogie derails

- PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU

SETTING IT RIGHT: Railway staff putting the MMTS bogie on track after it derailed at Yakutpura railway station on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Passengers aboard the MMTS train had a miraculous escape when a bogie of the train derailed near Yakutpura railway station on Wednesday morning.

The SCR had to regulate the services of the MMTS trains on the route for over two hours on account of the derailment. However, there was not much disruption of services. A press release in the evening stated that the track was restored for normal train operations by 1 p.m.