Mangalore, June 18: The collapse of retaining wall between Nivasar and Ratnagiri stations in Konkan Railway has forced the railways to cancel some trains on Friday and Saturday and divert a few others.
The railway officials from the Palakkad division of Southern Railway said two trains leaving Kochuveli on Friday and Saturday had been diverted via Shoranur, Erode, Jolarpettai, and Bangalore City.
They are Kochuveli-Dehradon Express (train no.12287) leaving on Friday (arriving in Mangalore junction on Fridays only at 8.35 p.m.) and Kochuveli-Chandigarh Express (12217) leaving on Saturday (arriving here at 8.35 p.m. on Saturdays only).
Mangalore Central–Lokmaniya Tilak Terminal-Mangalore Central Matsyagandha Express (12620/12619) leaving at 12.50 p.m. and arriving at 10.15 a.m. in Mangalore Central on Friday were cancelled as the Mangalore Junction-CST Mumbai Special Train (02134) left Mangalore junction on Friday at 3.15 p.m.
The following trains were diverted to run via Madgoan, Londa, and Miraj: train no. 12202 Kochuveli-Lokamanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express (arriving into Mangalore junction on Thursday at 8.35 p.m.); 12618 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Express (arriving on Thursday Mangalore junction 2.30 a.m.), and 12431 Trivandrum-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express (passing through Mangalore Junction on Friday at 6 a.m.).
The Kochuveli-Dehradun Express (12287) that left Kochuveli on Friday was diverted to go via Erode, Salem, and Bangalore not to Mangalore. It was supposed to have arrived here on Friday at 8.35 p.m.
The Ernakulam-Hapa Express (16338), leaving Ernakulam at 7.50 p.m. on Friday, has been diverted to run via Shoranur, Palakkad, Jolarpettai, Wadi, Pune, and Panvel. It will skip Mangalore Junction where it was supposed to reach at 4.55 a.m. on Saturday.
The Ernakulam-Pune Express (12519) leaving Ernakulam that passed through Mangalore on Friday afternoon (its scheduled time was 12.30 p.m.) was diverted to go via Madagaon, Londa and Miraj.
The railways made arrangements to transport the passengers of two trains between Ratnagiri and Adavali stations, and provided connectivity through other trains on Friday. The commuters of Veraval-Tiruvananthapuram Express (16333) boarded the Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Mangla Express (12617) while those of Thiruvanathapuram-Lokmanya Tilak Netravati Express (16346) boarded its pairing train no. 16345. Several passengers were stranded in Mangalore Central Railway Station consequent to cancellation and diversion of trains. There was a steady stream of passengers making enquiry about the resumption of trains at the enquiry counter in the station.
M.B. Qayoom and his relative Sikandar Ansari, both in their mid-twenties, said they wanted to go to Chiplun in Ratnagiri and their train (Matsyagandha Express) had been cancelled. They had come from Bangalore. They said they would spend their night at the railway station and added that hopefully trains would start from Saturday. Ramanarayan Singh, from Bangalore said he too wanted to go to Ratanagiri.
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