Guwahati: 8 elephants including a calf killed in a train incident in Kampur area of Hojai district in Assam. As per the reports, at about 02-17 hrs on the morning of 20-12-2025, an unfortunate incident took place in the Jamunamukh-Kampur section under Lumding Division of N.F. Railway, where Train no. 20507 DN Sairang -New Delhi Rajdhani Express dashed with elephants, resulting in derailment of the locomotive and five coaches of the train. However, there are no casualties or injuries to any passenger. The area is about 126 km away from Guwahati. Accident Relief trains along with officials from the divisional HQ are already at site.
Helpline numbers have already been activated at Guwahati railway station, which are 0361-2731621 / 2731622 / 2731623.
Senior railway officers including the General Manager of N.F. Railway and Divisional Railway Manager of Lumding have also rushed to the site. The passengers of the affected coaches have been temporarily accommodated in the vacant berths available in other coaches. The derailment affected the train after detaching the affected coaches and left the site for Guwahati at 06-11 hrs. Once the train reaches Guwahati, additional coaches will be added to accommodate the passengers of the affected coaches and the train will resume its journey. The incident took place at a location which is not a designated elephant corridor. The loco pilot on observing the herd of elephants applied emergency brakes. However elephants dashed with the train.
Trains scheduled to pass through that section are being diverted through the UP line. Restoration works are on.
Cancellation and Regulation of trains
In view of the derailment of Train no. 20507 DN Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Jamunamukh – Kampur section under Lumding Division of N.F. Railway train running through the down line in the Lumding-Guwahati section has been affected. General Manager of NFR and senior railway officials from divisions are at site. Restoration work is going on and many trains have been cancelled/short terminated/short-originated/regulated as follows.
Train No. 15927 (Rangiya – New Tinsukia) Express
Train No. 12067 (Guwahati – Jorhat Town) Jan Shatabdi Express
Train No. 15888 (Guwahati – Badarpur) Vistadome Express
Train No. 15928 (New Tinsukia – Rangiya) Express
Train No. 15666 (Mariani – Guwahati) Express
Train No. 55602 (Lumding – Guwahati) Passenger
Train No. 12068 (Jorhat Town-Guwahati) Jan Shatabdi Express
Train No. 15887(Badarpur-Guwahati) Vistadome Express
Train No. 55601(Guwahati-Lumding) Passenger
Train No. 15769 (Alipurduar-Mariani) will be short terminated at Digaru and will remain cancelled between Digaru-Mariani
Train No. 15770 (Mariani -Alipurduar) shortly originated from Digaru and will remain cancelled between Mariani-Digaru.
Train No. 13173 (Sealdah-Sabroom) Kanchanjunga Express has been regulated at Chaparmukh
Train No. 12423 (Dibrugarh-New Delhi) Rajdhani Express of 19-12-2025 has been regulated at Lumding
Train No. 22504 (Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari) Vivek Express has been regulated at Lumding
Train No. 15612 (Silchar-Rangiya) Express has been regulated at Lumding
Train No. 22502 (New Tinsukia-SMVT Bengaluru) Express will be regulated at Hojai
Train No. 15604 (Ledo-Guwahati) Intercity Express has been regulated at Jugijan
Train No. 15960 (Dibugarh-Howrah) Kamrup Express will be regulated enroute suitably
Train No. 15616 (Silchar-Guwahati) Express has been will be regulated enroute suitably
Train No. 15910 (Lalgarh-Dibruharh) Avadh Assam Express has been regulated at Guwahati
Train No. 15817 (Naharlagun-Shokhuvi) Donyi Polo Express has been regulated at Panikhaiti
Train No. 12504 (Agartala-SMVT Bengaluru) Humsafar Express will be regulated enroute suitably
Train No. 13174 (Sabroom-Sealdah) Kanchanjunga Express will be regulated enroute suitably
Train No. 22503 (Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh) Vivek Express will be regulated enroute suitably.
