Traffic in this section has been temporarily disrupted and some trains have been rescheduled or cancelled, Southern Railway's Palakkad division said in a release here.
Arrangements have been made for taking the passengers of the derailed train No 16518/16524 by road to their destinations, the release said.
Train No 16515 Yeswantpur- Karwar Express scheduled to leave Yeswantpur today has been cancelled, it said.
Train No 16517/16523 Bengaluru-Kannur/Karwar Express, which left Bengaluru yesterday has been partially cancelled between Sakleshpur and Kannur/Karwar today, it said.