The Rawalpindi-bound Green Line and the Fareed Express moving in the opposite direction narrowly escaped an accident after the former’s engine derailed near Ghotki – a town in northern Sindh, which borders Punjab.According to details, the Green Line’s engine derailed at a time when it was crossing the Freed Express, heading towards Karachi, near the Ghotki Railway Station.
Fortunately, not only all the Green Line’s carriages remained safe but also the its engine didn’t hit the Fareed Express. As a result, all the passengers and staff of the two trains remained safe.
The Green Line is currently stuck at the Ghotki Railway Station’s loop line and the Pakistan Railways’ officials say a relief train has been sent to the spot from Rohri to clear the track, as problems are being faced in the trains movement.Ghotki is located on the main line that connects Pakistan’s southernmost city of Karachi with other parts of the country including Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
That’s why the Peshawar-bound Khyber Mail has been stopped at Pano Aqil – a town south of Ghotki.Meanwhile, the Railways officials viewed that the cause of derailment has not been established at yet and the restoration of routine traffic can take some time.
