At least 15 coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Thursday, leading to disruption of train services between Daltonganj and Garhwa Road Junction, a railway official said.

However, no casualties were reported, the official said. The incident was reported near Rajhara station under the Dhanbad division of East Central Railway (ECR) when the goods train was diverting to an upline, he said.

The incident was reported near Rajhara station around 1 pm under the Dhanbad division of East Central Railway (ECR).

*10 passenger trains were diverted

At least 10 passenger trains were diverted, short-terminated or cancelled due to the incident. "Fifteen coal-laden wagons derailed. There were two long-haul freight trains comprising around 116 wagons," Saraswati Chandra, chief public relations officer (CPRO) of East Central Railway, told PTI. Rajhara railway station manager Indrajit Ram said that the process to remove the wagons from the track has begun.

Fifteen wagons of the goods train derailed during the diversion to the upline, disrupting train services between Daltonganj and Garhwa Road junction, an official of the Dhanbad division of East Central Railway said.