India, Nov. 5 -- The death toll in the collision between a passenger train and a goods train near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh a day earlier rose to 11, officials said on Wednesday. Rescue operations continued through the night as personnel retrieved bodies trapped inside the mangled coach of the passenger train.

The accident occurred around 4pm on Tuesday when the MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) passenger train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra in Korba district.

Railway officials confirmed that the affected line was restored early Wednesday morning. "Eleven persons, including six women, have lost their lives, and 20 others were injured in the accident," the railways said in an official statement.

Following the col...