DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus – Specialist from the Tajiks state railway company, Tajik Railways, and the Ministry of Transport (MoT) of Tajikistan are currently analyzing the circumstances of Thursday incident, when Tajik train derailed in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh province.

Meanwhile, passengers of the wrecked train, including 33 injured, were carried to the Spitamen district in the Tajik northern province of Sughd in the evening of October 10.

We recall that some 200 conscripts reportedly were on board the Dushanbe-Khujand train when it derailed in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh province.

An official source at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Tajikistan says the Dushanbe-Khujand train derailed in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh province on October 10 at 9:40 am.

“Some 200 conscripts and several officers were on board the train when five passenger cars derailed,” said the source.  “The accident took place in the Gallaaral district of the Jizzakh province.”

According to him, at least 33 persons were injured in the incident.  All injured persons were reportedly taken to the central district hospital of Gallaaral.

An official source at Tajik Railways noted that train was in satisfactory condition and had no technical problems.   “Operating conditions of the train could scarcely cause the incident,” the source said.

He further added that it could not be ruled out that the incident had been caused by the technical state of Uzbekistan’s railway infrastructure.