There was no derailment of MEMU train: Southern Railway
With reference to the article published in The Hindu, titled 'Katpadi - bound MEMU train derails near Arakkonam on Saturday dated June 28, the Southern Railways claimed, on Saturday, that there was no derailment.
The release from the Southern Railway said: 'There was no derailment of the Katpadi-bound MEMU train. The Loco Pilot of Train No. 66057 promptly detected a rail fracture at Chitteri station Yard Road 1 loop line—an identified maintenance caution location with a speed restriction of 20 kmph. Acting swiftly, the Loco Pilot stopped the train at 21.15 hrs, preventing any untoward incident. The track was restored within an hour, and the same train was cleared safely on the same line. All train services in the section are running normally.'
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