Train ACCIDENT in MAS Division:

Rear collision at KVP(KAVARAIPPETTAI) at around 20.30 hrs.
Section Ponneri-Kavarapettai
Train No.12578 (MYS-DBG)

Train Passed PON at 20.27hrs, Train crew experienced heavy jerk train entered in to Loop/line & collided with Stabbled Good train in loop line .

From Train Engine , 6 coaches de-railed. No causality. A few injured.

Medical Relif Van & Rescue team is started from Chennai central.

GM Southern Railway DRM Chennai division, and Senior officers are proceeding to Spot.

Help line numbers at Chennai Division

04425354151
04424354995

Due to the train accident in Southern Railway, Chennai Division, the fire in the parcel van was brought under control with the help of the fire brigade . As a result of the accident, three trains have been halted in the Chennai-Gudur section and are planned to be rerouted. The trains are:
1.Tiruchirappalli -Howrah Express

2.Ernakulam -Tatanagar Express

3.Kakinada-Dhanbad Special Express

The following trains are to be diverted in alternative routes:

12621 Chennai-New Delhi Express

13352 Alleppey-Dhanbad Express

18190 Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express

12664 Tiruchirappalli-Howrah Express

07696 Ramagundam-Secunderabad Special

06063 Coimbatore-Dhanbad Special Express

13351 Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express

02122 Jabalpur-Madurai Express