Train derails in central Seoul, injuring more than 30 passengers

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Train derails in central Seoul, injuring more than 30 passengers

Published: 07 Nov. 2022, 09:39 Updated: 07 Nov. 2022, 09:41

Rescue operators check lists of injuries at Yeongdeungpo Station in central Seoul after a train with 275 passengers aboard derailed while entering the station on Sunday. [YONHAP]

A train derailed in central Seoul on Sunday, injuring more than 30 passengers, the operator said.

The derailment occurred at 8:52 p.m., when the Mugunghwa train with 275 passengers on board was entering Yeongdeungpo Station in western Seoul, according to the Korea Railroad Corporation. (Korail).

Six railroad cars including five passenger cars ran off the tracks, it added.

The train was on its way to Iksan in North Jeolla from Yongsan, central Seoul, at 8:15 p.m.

More than 30 passengers were injured due to the derailment but most of them are only slightly wounded, Korail said.

Due to the accident, train operations on the line were delayed by more than one hour.

Korail said they are looking into the exact cause of the derailment.

Yonhap