( CNN ) -- All passengers aboard a passenger train that fell into a river in southwest China 's Sichuan ProvinceThursday got out alive , state-run CCTV reported Friday . The accident occurred in Guanghan at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday on the Shi-ting-jiang Bridge , part of the railway line that links Chengdu and Baoji , in northwestern Shaanxi Province . Floods caused the bridge piers to collapse , which forced the train from its track , local officials said . It was not immediately known how many passengers were inside the carriages , which a firefighter said were swept 200 meters downriver . Hundreds of people aboard five other carriages were taken to safety . The train was traveling from Xi'an , the capital of Shaanxi , to Kunming , the capital of southwestern Yunnan Province .
NEW : All passengers got out alive . Floods caused the bridge piers to collapse , forcing the train from its track . The train was traveling from Shaanxi to Yunnan Province .