Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Power cable glitch hits EMU services

Thousands of commuters were stranded for almost three hours on Tuesday after damage to an overhead power cable disrupted suburban train services on the Chennai Beach-Tambaram line from 9.10 am. Many reached their workplaces late.

Twenty-four trains were cancelled and 13 others delayed for periods ranging from 60 minutes and 120 minutes.

The disruption occurred after a pantograph of a Pallavaram-Chennai train broke and damaged an overhead power cable at the crossover of Chennai-Tambaram and Tambaram-Chennai line near Pallavaram station. Soon, railway staff found that another train (B38) had already gone up to the Fort station with a faulty pantograph and damaged the overhead cable at several locations on the way.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Power-cable-glitch-hits-EMU-services/articleshow/5582253.cms

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