Kochi Metro services disrupted for an hour after train breaks down

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The hold  near  hundreds of passengers, chiefly  office-goers and students, stranded astatine  stations successful  the corridor, until the services were restored. (file photo)

The hold near hundreds of passengers, chiefly office-goers and students, stranded astatine stations successful the corridor, until the services were restored. (file photo) | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu

Kochi Metro services successful Kerala were disrupted for astir an hr connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) greeting aft a bid broke down astatine MG Road station.

The services were halted for astir 20 minutes initially arsenic the bid developed a method contented connected to its brake strategy astir 8 a.m. A spare bid arrived from the metro’s coach-maintenance depot astatine Muttom and towed the stranded bid to the depot for repair works.

The services were resumed gradually aft the different trains were allowed to determination astatine a velocity of 10 km/hr till the process of towing distant the bid that developed the snag was completed. It took astir 40 minutes, according to the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd authorities.  

The hold near hundreds of passengers, chiefly office-goers and students, stranded astatine stations successful the corridor, until the services were restored.

Published - February 25, 2026 09:50 americium IST

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