Four Coaches of Chauri Chaura Express Derail in Kanpur

Four coaches of the Gorakhpur-bound Chauri Chaura Express derailed on Wednesday evening while the train was leaving Kanpur Central station in Uttar Pradesh. Railway officials said no passengers were injured. The derailment was the second in India in a single day, after coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express came off the tracks at Digaru in Assam on Wednesday morning.

What happened at Platform 7

The train, which runs from Anwarganj to Gorakhpur, reached Kanpur Central at about 5:05 p.m. and derailed about two minutes after it started moving out of Platform 7, according to railway reporting on the incident. One trolley, or bogie assembly, of each of the four coaches left the tracks. The affected coaches were numbered B4 to B7. Deputy Chief Traffic Manager Akhanshu Govil confirmed the derailment to reporters.

News agency ANI reported that four coaches went off the tracks at Platform 7 and that no casualties had been reported. About 300 passengers were travelling in the four affected coaches, railway officials said. The train was moving at very slow speed as it left the station, which kept the coaches upright and the passengers safe.

Restoration and the wider day

Railway teams began restoration work to lift the coaches back onto the tracks and reopen the affected lines. Officials had not announced a cause by Wednesday night, and a detailed inquiry is expected to establish what went wrong at the points as the train departed.

The Kanpur derailment closed a hard day for the railways. On Wednesday morning, coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru station in Assam, also without injuries to passengers. Two derailments in twelve hours, both at low speed and both without casualties, will still draw questions about track and points maintenance at busy stations.

Kanpur Central is one of the busiest junctions in northern India, and traffic through the station runs heavy in this season, with large numbers of passengers travelling toward Bihar and Jharkhand for the Chhath festival, the Jagran reported. Delays on the Gorakhpur route on a festival travel evening reach far beyond one train's passengers.

Key numbers

Four coaches derailed, numbered B4 to B7. About 300 passengers were in the affected coaches. Injuries: none reported. Time: the train arrived at Kanpur Central at about 5:05 p.m. and derailed about two minutes after departure from Platform 7. It was the second derailment in India on November 11, 2026.