By Express News Service
KOCHI: Trains in direction of and from Thiruvananthapuram within the Ernakulam-Thrissur part acquired inordinately delayed and lots of providers acquired cancelled after a items prepare derailed at Aluva yard on Thursday night time, January 27, 2022,
The items prepare that had arrived from Dindigul en-route to Kollam was transporting cement baggage. According to railway officers, 4 wagons of the 42-wagon prepare went off the tracks bringing your entire prepare service within the part to a halt.
Derailed elements of the prepare being faraway from the tracks. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
Railway officers stated the prepare had a halt at Aluva since cement baggage in 26 wagons had been to be offloaded at Aluva yard. “The derailment happened at the crossover point near the entry to Aluva yard. The engine and two wagons derailed first. The wheel of one of the wagons came off and the point system got destroyed,” stated a railway official. According to the official, eleven trains together with MEMU providers have been cancelled, whereas greater than 5 trains are working late. “Traffic could be restored only on a single track since signalling and other operations had to be done manually,” stated officers.Some of the prepare providers which have been cancelled are:
06797 PGT-ERS MEMU special06798ERS-PGT MEMU special06017 SRR-ERS MEMU Special22628 TVC-TP Exp06449 ERS-ALLP Exp06452 ALLP-ERS ExpPractice providers which have been rescheduled are:13352 ALLP-DHN Exp to be rescheduled at 9 am