KARACHI/KHAIRPUR/SUKKUR: Railway traffic from Lahore to Karachi was restored after derailment of a bogie of Business Express near Khairpur.
The Up track was restored after five hours of the incident, a divisional traffic officer (DTO) railways said in a statement.
The Lahore to Karachi railway traffic has been opened after it remained suspended for five hours. The work to remove the bogei from the Down Track has been in progress, DTO railways said.
More than eight trains were stopped at different railway stations after the derailment. Peshawarbound Khyber Mail was stopped at Khairpur station, while Sukkur bound Sukkur Express halted at Gambat station, the railway official said.
The bogie derailed near Khairpur railway station in at 5am Sunday, officials said. A passenger sustained minor injuries in the incident, a spokesman of Pakistan Railways said.
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