The police said the incident occurred in the morning. In a statement issued by police, they said a 'five-litre capacity empty cylinder' was found on the track.

A gas cylinder found on tracks in Kanpur Dehat nearly caused a derailment; an investigation initiated after it was determined empty.

This comes a day after fish plates were removed from the railway tracks in Gujarat. In the latest incident, a gas cylinder was found on the railway track in Uttar Pradesh.

In a statement, a railway official said the JTTN goods train was en route from Kanpur to Prayagraj via the loop line at Prempur Station when the loco pilot noticed the cylinder just before reaching the signal.

An empty gas cylinder was discovered on railway tracks by a train pilot near Prempur station in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The incident, which occurred at 8:10 am, is currently being investigated by the local police.

A major accident was averted when the Kalindi Express hit an LPG cylinder on the tracks near a crossing in Kanpur's Muderi village on Sunday morning.

Earlier on Sunday, 22 September 2024, an empty gas cylinder was found on the railway tracks near the Prempur railway station in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The goods train loco pilot had to apply emergency brakes to stop the train. The incident occurred at 8:10 am when the train was going to Prayagraj from Kanpur, said the police.

A goods train's loco-pilot successfully applied emergency brakes after spotting a gas cylinder on the tracks near Uttar Pradesh's Prempur station, averting a potential disaster.

A major train derailment averted in Kanpur once again after an LPG cylinder was found on tracks near Prempur station on2. Unidentified miscreants conspired a derailment by putting a 5 lit cylinder on the tracks aiming major disaster.

Earlier this month, a major accident was averted after the Prayagraj-Bhiwani Kalindi Express collided with an LPG cylinder.