Goods Train Coming To Chennai Derails Near Chengalpattu, Passenger Services Affected

The movement of passenger trains from South Tamil Nadu towards Chennai has been affected due to derailment of a goods train near Chengalpettu.
Goods Train Coming To Chennai Derails Near Chengalpattu

Goods Train Coming To Chennai Derails Near Chengalpattu

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Chennai: Goods train coming towards Chennai Harbour carrying iron-related rods derailed near Chengalpattu on Sunday night. More than five coaches of the train derailed in the incident that took place around 10.30 pm. Due to the derailment, the movement of passenger trains from South Tamil Nadu towards Chennai has been affected.
Railway Officials are working to clear the track and regulate the train movements, Chengalpattu Railway Officials said. Further details are awaited.
Meanwhile, in a similar incident, seven loaded wagons of a goods train derailed between Kasara, more than 100 kilometres from Mumbai, and TGR-3 station on the Central Railway network on Sunday. The derailment took place at 6.31 pm, leaving mail express traffic on the Kasara-Igatpuri section on the Down line and middle line affected.
The Igatpuri to Kasara UP section traffic was not affected, while the Kalyan station road ART (accident relief train) and Igatpuri station rail ART (accident relief train) have been moved to accident site. Officials said the derailment happened towards Igatpuri side.
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