Train coach derails in SW China

2010-11-15 06:04:37 GMT2010-11-15 14:04:37 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

The derailed train coach leaves the accident site after being removed back to the track at Liuzhou South Station in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2010. The fifth coach of the K157 passenger train heading to Zhanjiang City of Guangdong Province from Beijing derailed upon arriving at the Liuzhou South Station at about 3 a.m. Monday. (Xinhua)

Maintenance workers operate machine to remove the derailed train coach at Liuzhou South Station in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2010. Xinhua photo

NANNING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- A train coach derailed in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwest China early Monday morning, no casualties have been reported.

The fifth coach of the K157 passenger train heading to Zhanjiang City of Guangdong Province from Beijing derailed upon arriving at the Liuzhou South Station at about 3 a.m. Monday, the railway authority of Guangxi said.

The 18-coach train carried 868 people.

No casualties have been reported so far and all passengers had been reloaded to the train after maintenance workers removed the derailed coach at about 7:30 a.m..

Railway staff are investigating the cause of the accident.

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