Derailed train blocks traffic for two hours


Road block: The derailed cargo train at the train crossing near Jalan Pekeliling.

JOHOR BARU: A cargo train heading towards Pasir Gudang obstructed traffic for about two hours when one of its carriages came off the tracks at a train crossing along the kilometre 29.5 of Jalan Pekeliling.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) corporate communications manager Siti Badariah Wan Hanafi said one of the 31 carriages had derailed during the incident which took place at around noon yesterday.

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