Bengaluru Express derails near Sakaleshpur, no casualties

24 KSRTC buses have been pressed to ferry passengers to their destinations.

June 15, 2015 10:33 am | Updated 12:56 pm IST - Mangaluru/Hassan

Many passengers wait for buses to reach their destinations as Bengaluru-Kannur train derailed near Donigal. South Western Railways has made arrangement for KSRTC buses. Photo: Special Arrangement.

Many passengers wait for buses to reach their destinations as Bengaluru-Kannur train derailed near Donigal. South Western Railways has made arrangement for KSRTC buses. Photo: Special Arrangement.

A couple of coaches of Karwar/Kannur-Bengaluru Express, which left Mangaluru on Sunday night, derailed near Donigal early Monday morning.

No casualties were reported.

Railway authorities were making alternative travel arrangements for the passengers. While those going to Bengaluru were sent by a train via Palakkad, those on Karwar/Kannur-Bengaluru train were sent by bus to their destinations from Sakaleshpur.

The track would be repaired by noon, they said.

KSRTC Buses

Railways authorities have made arrangements for KSRTC buses to ferry the passengers to their destinations.

"We have arranged for 24 buses. So far 12 have left the place", said Anil Kumar, PRO, SWR. Many passengers who reached Sakaleshpur early in the morning have been waiting for buses to their destinations for hours. Many are in the long queues in KSRTC bus stand, waiting for their turn to get into bus".

As the Shiradi Ghat stretch has been closed for vehicles due to road improvement work, buses have to take alternative routes to reach Mangaluru and other destinations.

Buses have been diverted to Charmadi Ghat via Mudigere.

Regulation of train services

Due to the disruption of train service after the derailment of Karwar/Kannur–Bengaluru Express in Mysuru Division, a release by the South Western Railway stated the regulation of the following train services:

* The service of Train No.16518 / 16524 Kannur – Bengaluru Express, scheduled to leave Kannur on 15th June 2015 has been partially cancelled between Kannur and Mangaluru Central

* The service of Train No.16524 Karwar – Bengaluru Express, scheduled to leave Karwar on 15th June 2015 has been partially cancelled between Karwar and Mangaluru Central

* The service of Train No.16517 / 16523 Bengaluru – Karwar / Kannur Express, which left Bengaluru on 14th June 2015, has been partially cancelled between Sakleshpur and Kannur / Karwar on 15/6/2015.

* The service of Train No.16516 Karwar – Yeswantpur Express scheduled to leave Karwar on 16th June 2015, will be cancelled due to the cancellation of its pairing train service

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