Train movement suspended after landslide on railway tracks near Siribagilu


Team Udayavani, Aug 7, 2019, 1:08 PM IST

Mangaluru: Torrential rains in Sakleshpur and Hassan districts has caused landslide at a few places in Siribagilu area between Subrahmanya Road and Sakleshpur railway stations. Consequently, train movement along the stretch has been suspended.

Soon after the passage of Bengaluru – Mangaluru train and a goods train, the landslide occurred at Siribagilu section at around 7 am on Tuesday August 6. Immediately, all train movement along the route was suspended. Hence, the Bengaluru -Mangaluru afternoon train No. 16575 was held up at Hassan while the train No. 16516 from Mangaluru to Bengaluru was stopped on the route. However, it proceeded later towards it destination after an alternative route was provided.

Inundated railway track

Train services were expected to resume at night and the night train to Bengaluru from Mangaluru was decided to be flagged on time, but the engineers on the spot opined against allowing trains to move on the track at the last moment. Hence, the trains were again withheld on this route, said public relations officer of the department in a release issued on Tuesday night.

Train No. 16585 between Yeshwantpur and Mangaluru central did not move between Hassan and Mangaluru, while No. 16515 between Yeshwantpur and Karwar was cancelled. Meanwhile, the Bengaluru – Kannur/Karwar express No. 16517/16523 and Kannur/Karwar-Bengaluru train moved on Jolarpettai – Palakkad – Shoranur – Mangaluru route on Tuesday.

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