The goods train service between Pakistan and Iran was suspended after a freight train derailed in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, Pakistan Railways sources said today.
At least six bogies of the freight train, which was on its way to the provincial capital city of Quetta from Iranian Zahedan city, derailed Saturday near Dalbandin in Chagai district of the province, sources told Xinhua, adding that no one was injured in the incident.
The sources said that the incident occurred due to overspeeding of the train on the dilapidated Pakistan-Iran railway track, adding that around about 30 meters of the railway track was affected after the incident and repair work has been started.
Additional rescue teams have been dispatched from Quetta to the area to restore the train service expeditiously, sources added.
Pakistan Railway officials said that Pakistan-Iran rail service has been suspended after six goods train bogies derailed near Chaghi due to sinking and submerging of the railway track at a number of sites.
The freight train was heading to Quetta from Iran on Saturday, but the imbalanced wagons of the Pak-Iran train service derailed and now Railways officials said that the Chaghi track needed repairs.
Earlier, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries Central Standing Committee on Railways convener, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, had demanded the federal government to take practical steps for the restoration of goods trains with Iran and Turkey.