Several trains delayed as goods train derails at Pallippuram in Palakkad

Several trains connected the Mangaluru-Shoranur way were delayed for hours aft a goods bid derailed astatine Pallippuram, adjacent Pattambi, connected Sunday. The goods bid connected its mode from Mangaluru to Palakkad derailed astir 11.30 a.m.

An engineering squad from Shoranur shifted the bid to different way and restored postulation by 2 p.m. Shoranur-bound trains specified arsenic Eranad Express (16605), Parasuram Express (16649), Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Kochuveli Superfast Express (22113), Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Express (22634), Kozhikode-Thiruvananthapuram Janshatabdi Express (12075), and Kozhikode-Palakkad Passenger (06071) were delayed.

The Kozhikode-Palakkad rider bid short-terminated astatine Shoranur. Railway officials said trains towards Mangaluru were not affected.