The Southern Railways said that train traffic on mainline was resumed in record time after the Kavaraipettai train accident with the down (DN) line restored.
This comes after 12-13 coaches of the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after a collision with a goods train on Friday. As many as 19 people sustained injuries, but no fatalities were reported.
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The Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Anant Madhukar Chowdhary inspected the site of the October 11 accident on Saturday in Tamil Nadu's Kavaraipettai where the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after ramming into a stationary goods train.
"All passengers have been rescued, either moved to Chennai Central to board a special train to Darbhanga today morning, or moved to hospitals as needed."
The heavy rainfall affected the rescue operation at Kavarapettai accident spot, where train no. 12578 Mysuru-Darbhanga Express collided with stationery goods train on Friday evening.
The Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express train that rammed into a stationary goods train on Friday night at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur under Chennai division of the Southern Railway was en route from Mysuru to Darbhanga when it mistakenly entered the loop line w
Taking to X, Tami Nadu CM Stalin said, "I was shocked to know that there was a train accident in Kavaripettai, Tiruvallur district. As soon as the information was available, I ordered the Hon'ble Minister @Avadi_Nasar and other government officials including the District Collector to go t
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin met with passengers injured in the Mysuru-Darbhanga Express train collision incident late Friday night at the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai.
Over half a dozen trains were diverted on Friday night after the Mysuru-Darbhanga Express collided with a stationary goods train at Kavaraippettai Railway Station near Tamil Nadu's Chennai, leaving 19 passengers injured.
The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the Chennai-Gudur section between Ponneri and Kavaraippettai railway stations under Chennai division of South Western railway, leading to derailment of 12 coaches of the passenger train.