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.

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.

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 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.

In Kanpur district, an empty LPG gas cylinder was found on a rail track at Prempur railway station, adding to a series of sabotage attempts in Uttar P

Sunday at Prempur Station. The goods train travelling from Kanpur to Prayagraj was halted using the emergency brakes after the driver spotted the gas cylinder lying on the tracks.

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

A major train accident was averted in Kanpur when an LPG cylinder was found on the tracks, marking the fourth such derailment attempt in September.