Vande Bharat, passenger train after mudslide on tracks near Ariyalur
Railway sources said the mudslide was noticed around 7.10 a.m. An alert was immediately sounded and the Villupuram-Tiruchi Junction passenger train was stopped between Sendurai and Ottakovil. The Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express was stopped between Sendurai and Ottakovil. Senior railway officials from Tiruchi Division rushed to the spot to attend to the problem. The trains were subsequently operated with 10 kmph caution after a delay of over 30 minutes, railway sources said.
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The Hindu
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- The Hindu
Vande Bharat, passenger train after mudslide on tracks near Ariyalur
The Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express and the Villupuram-Tiruchi Junction Passenger train were delayed for some time on the Villupuram-Tiruchi chord line section on Thursday following a mudslide at a site where construction of a limited use subway beneath the railway track between Ottakoil and Sendurai in Ariyalur district was under way. The chord line section falls under the limits of the Tiruchi Railway Division. Railway sources said the mudslide was noticed around 7.10 a.m. An alert was immediately sounded and the Villupuram-Tiruchi Junction passenger train was stopped between Sendurai and Ottakovil. The Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express was stopped between Sendurai and Ottakovil. Senior railway officials from Tiruchi Division rushed to the spot to attend to the problem. The trains were subsequently operated with 10 kmph caution after a delay of over 30 minutes, railway sources said.
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