Two engines, coach of express train derail near Mangaluru

Two engines and an unreserved coach of the Kannur-Karwar-Bengaluru express derailed after hitting a boulder on the tracks between Shivagilu and Yadakumari stations near here today.
No casualties were reported. The train driver had failed to notice the boulder that had fallen on the track, a Southern Railway release said.
The train pushed the boulder to some distance after which two engines and a compartment derailed, disrupting traffic on the route. The train was later brought back to Subrahmanya Road station and to the Central railway station here.
The train would be diverted via Kannur, Shoranur, Palakkad and Erode to Bengaluru, the release said.

As a result, the train number 16517/16523 which had left Yeshwantpur yesterday, cut short its journey at Sakleshpur and was partially cancelled between Sakleshpur and Kannur/Karwar today. Arrangements were made to transport passengers of this train by buses to Mangaluru and Karwar.
Train number 16515 Yeshwantpur-Karwar Express scheduled to leave Yeshwantpur today was also cancelled, the release said.