Kanyakumari-Bangalore City Express train derails near TN’s Vellore district, 40 Injured
Chennai : The Southern Railway said that 40 passengers injured after four coaches derailed of the Bengaluru-bound Kanyakumari-Bangalore City Express in Vellore district. It is around 170 km from here.
The Southern Railway in a statement said the coaches derailed at 4.15 a.m. between Somanayakkanpatti and Patchur of the Bangalore Railway Division. No one lost their lives in the accident.
According to railways, buses were arranged to transport passengers to Bengaluru and senior officials have reached the accident spot.
Owing to the accident the Southern Railway has cancelled 11 trains between Chennai-Bengaluru, Jolarpettai-Bengaluru and Arakonam-Bengaluru.
The Chennai-Mysore Shadabdi Express for Friday has been partially cancelled between Jolarpettai and Mysore.
Similarly, the Mysore-Chennai Shadabdi Express has been partially cancelled between Mysore and Jolarpettai.
Train number 16614 between Coimbatore-Rajkot has been diverted via Tirupattur, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Renigunta.
Southern Railway provided the following help line numbers for Passengers’ assistance:
Madurai: 0452-2308250 Salem: 0427-2431947 Trichur: 0487-2430060 Thiruvananthapuram: 0471-2320012 Palakkad: 0491-2555231 / 0491-2556198 Bangalore: 080-22156553, 080-22156554, 080-22873103 Bangalore Cantonment: 080-23339162 Krishnarajapuram: 080-25650308.
