Train services were disrupted on the Talcher route after a goods train derailed at the Sauria level crossing near the Gurudijhatia railway station near Athagarh in Cuttack district on Thursday morning. According to reports, the goods train was on its way to Paradip from Talcher when two wagons and the goods car cabin derailed at about 7.30 am.
However, the guard inside the goods car cabin had a providential escape. Following information, senior officials of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) rushed to the spot. Efforts were on to remove the derailed wagons from the track.