Train services were disrupted in the Chhatrapur-Ganjam route following the derailment of a goods train on Thursday.
According to reports, a coal-laden train was on its way from Talcher to Seemadhri when one of its wagons slipped off the track near Jagannathpur between Chhatrapur and Ganjam.
Till reports last came in, the Howrah-Madras Mail was detained at the Chhatrapur railway station. Meanwhile, senior officials and engineers of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) rushed to the spot and efforts were on to clear the tracks for normalisation of train services in the route, railway officials said.