Tamil Nadu: Local Train Derails At Chennai Beach Station, No Casualties Reported

Local Train Derail In Chennai: The EMU was being moved from the yard to platform 1 of Chennai Beach station and was likely to be proceeding on the busy Beach-Tambaram route

Representative Image of station (Image: Southern Railways).

New Delhi: A local train derailed at the Beach station on Sunday but there was no casualty, Railway sources said. The empty Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) was being moved from the yard to platform 1 of Chennai Beach station and was likely to be proceeding on the busy Beach-Tambaram route, Southern Railway sources said.

Southern Railways explained the incident in a series of three tweets. "While placing an empty EMU rake from shed line to Platform 1, the rake had overshot the buffer end of the platform and damaged Platform 1. The rake was fully empty and (there were) no passengers on board. No injury to any passengers (was reported) on the platform. Shunter jumped out of the rake and no injury was sustained," Southern Railways Chief Public Relations Officer, G Guganesan, said in a note released by DRM Chennai on Twitter.

"No injury to any passengers on the platform. Enquiry at the appropriate level will be conducted to assess the cause of the incident," 

With regard to the unfortunate incident at Chennai Beach station, this is our official statement. Please don't believe any other rumours or misleading reports. Restoration work is underway. No cancellation of train services so far but we shall continue to update the position. pic.twitter.com/DGxmJedyKU

— DRM Chennai (@DrmChennai) April 24, 2022

Responding to a Twitter user, Southern Railways said: "The exact reason would be known after a detailed inquiry. All the officials concerned are at the site and restoration work has started. No injuries have been sustained by anyone."

A brake failure is suspected to be the reason for the incident. TV visuals showed the rake badly damaged as it jutted out of the platform and crashed into the station wall.

Shocked passengers were being regulated by the police even as many of them were seen clicking pictures of the damaged train on their mobile phones.

(With PTI inputs)