Landslide blocks track\, train services affected

Landslide blocks track, train services affected

Also, Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Train No.22653) and Okha-Ernakulam Express (Train No.16337) will be cancelled on Saturday.

Published: 24th August 2019 02:44 AM  |   Last Updated: 24th August 2019 07:20 AM   |  A+A-

Earthmovers being used to clear debris off the railway track at Kulashekara on Friday | Express

By Express News Service

MANGALURU:  Several trains were cancelled while some were diverted or partially cancelled following a landslide between Padil and Kulashekara stations in the Mangalore Junction-Thokur section of the Palakkad Division on Friday.Following the incident, Lokmanya Tilak-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express (Train No.12201), Ernakulam-Okha Express (Train No.16338), Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Express (Train No.22634) and Jamnagar-Tirunelveli Express (Train No.19578) were cancelled on Friday. 

Also, Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Train No.22653) and Okha-Ernakulam Express (Train No.16337) will be cancelled on Saturday.Meanwhile, Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express was diverted via Shoranur, Podanur, Erode, Jolarpettai, Kaptpadi and Renigunta and Kochuveli-Indore Express was diverted via Shoranur, Podanur, Erode, Jolarpettai, Kaptpadi and Renigunta.