Madurai: The Chennai Central-Bodinayakanur superfast train was delayed by one hour and 26 minutes on Thursday after a wheel derailed in the SLR coach behind the locomotive at Madurai Railway Junction station.
Train No. 20601, Chennai Central – Bodinayakkanur Superfast Express, operates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Chennai Central, arriving Madurai Junction It took off at 7.10 am and was scheduled to depart from Madurai Junction at 7.15 am.
When the train exited Platform 5, the first wheel of the monorail behind the locomotive derailed. motorcycle pilot The train stopped.
Pilot alerts authorities madurai railway department. Senior officials who reached the spot inspected the damage and decided to use mechanical jack.
After the coach was re-railed, it was removed from the track and the train and the remaining rakes departed from the junction at 8.41 am.
