Three bogies of a goods train derailed near the Sikharpur level-crossing here on Sunday. The train was on its way here from Jharsuguda.
As a result, movement of trains on the uplink was affected for long. The incident occurred at around 11:50 am. The Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express, the New Delhi-Puri Nandankanan Express and the Howrah-Secunderabad Express were stranded at different locations due to the mishap.
Senior railway officials reached the spot and efforts were made to clear the derailed wagons. As per railway sources, an accident relief train was dispatched from Khurda Road.
As the modernisation work is going on at the Cuttack station, the goods train had been allowed for experiment. Train services would not be hampered except that only two or three trains would run some minutes delay, said railway sources.