Fresh Landslide & Non Clearance of Debris of Railway Tracks Force Trains Cancellations
Mangaluru : Due to lashing rains on Monday and Tuesday, there has been fresh landslides near the Suryanagara-Kulshekar area which has once again landed on the railway tracks has further delayed restoration of the Mangaluru-Mumbai railway line, thereby forcing the Railways to cancel or divert several long distance trains on Tuesday and Wednesday. The crew working to clear the slush mud which has covered a major portion of the railway tracks near Kulshekar have been facing a tough time due to lashing rains.
Speaking to Team Mangalorean, Kishan Kumar, the Deputy Station Manager at the Railways Dept in Mangaluru said, “With fresh landslide occurring on Monday night near Kulshekar area, train services between Kerala and the North continued to remain suspended for the fifth day on Tuesday. The Bengaluru-Karwar overnight express would not run between Mangaluru Central and Karwar till the debris from the tracks is cleared and instead, it would be short-terminated at Mangaluru Central. Train No 16576 Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur Tri-weekly Express of Wednesday has been cancelled from Mangaluru Junction for want of rake”.
He added , “Train Nos 12619/12620 Mumbai LTT-Mangaluru Central-Mumbai LTT Matsyagandha Express, Train Nos 12133/12134 Mumbai CSMT-Mangaluru Junction-Mumbai CSMT Express and Train Nos 70105/70106 Madgaon-Mangaluru Central-Madgaon DEMU Passenger would be operated out of Surathkal on Wednesday too. The Mangaluru Central-Madgaon-Mangaluru Central Passenger as well as the Intercity Express continue to remain cancelled”.
“As many as nine trains between the North and Kerala have been cancelled. They are Train No 19260 Bhavnagar-Kochuveli Express; Train No 19332 Indore-Kochuveli Express, Train No 12432 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express, Train No 12283 Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Duranto Express, Train No 22149 Ernakulam-Pune Express, Train No 22113 Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Express and Train No 12223 Mumbai LTT-Ernakulam Duranto Express, all journey commencing on August 27” added Kumar.
It is also learnt that Six trains commencing journey on August 28 too have been cancelled. They are Train No 22655 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly Express; Train No 22633 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly Express; Train No 16338 Ernakulam-Okha Express; Train No 12224 Ernakulam-Mumbai LTT Duronto Express; Train No 22630 Tirunelveli-Dadar Express and Train No 22150 Pune-Ernakulam Express, said a communique from Southern Railway.
Train No 19259 Kochuveli-Bhavnagar Weekly Express of August 29; Train No 22150 Ernakulam-Pune Bi-Weekly Express; Train No 19331 Kochuveli-Indore Weekly Express, both of August 30 and Train No 12284 Hazrat Nizamddin-Ernakulam Duranto Express of August 31 too are cancelled. The other trains running on the network have been diverted on alternative routes via Palakkad. So until good weather turns in chances are that there will be much more delay in order to resume train service through this railway route.
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