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Crack detected in rail track

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Jan. 1. The 6525 Island Express bound for Bangalore from Kanniyakumari was detained for over 45 minutes after a crack was detected in the railway track at Kolliyokode, near Pappanamcode, on the Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil stretch today.

The fracture was reportedly found by a local girl around 9 a.m. while she was walking along the side of the track and she immediately alerted the locals.

They stopped the train which was approaching from the Nagercoil side by waving the red flag.

Railway sources said the crack detected was on the welded portion of the railway track and ruled out any sabotage. The train, which was detained for over 45 minutes, resumed the journey after the defect was rectified by the railway staff.

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