India, Nov. 11 -- Four coaches of the Chauri Chaura Express derailed while the train was departing from Kanpur Central railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening. No passengers were injured in the incident, railway officials said.

Train number 15003, travelling from Kanpur Anwarganj to Gorakhpur, arrived at Platform 7 and departed at 5.03 pm. Around two minutes later, as the train was moving out of the station, coaches B4, B5, B6 and B7 derailed. One trolley of each coach went off the tracks.

Deputy chief traffic manager (CTM), Kanpur Central, Akshanshu Govil said around 300 passengers were travelling in the four affected coaches and all were safe. Railway officials and an engineering team rushed to the spot, following which ...