Moradabad Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Raj Kumar Singh, spoke to ANI and said, "We are working on both lines simultaneously. We will fix the downline first to start the movement of the trains. It will take up to 2 hours, and then we will fix the up line, and it will take 6-8 hours."
The express train derailed near Gonda station in between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations under the jurisdiction of North Eastern Railway on July 18.
The General Manager of North Eastern Railway, Saumya Mathur on Friday said that the restoration work is underway, adding that within a few hours, the upline will be restored.
After the Kanchenjunga train mishap this year, which claimed 10 lives, another train accident happened on Tuesday when the Dibrugarh Express derailed near Jhilahi Railway Station in Gonda, where two people were killed and at least twenty sustained injuries.