Trains cancelled as landslide hit Nilgiris mountain rail service

  • | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

The Nilgiris Mountain Rail (NMR) service from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam was cancelled on Thursday following heavy landslide between Kallar and Hillgrove railway stations. Following the landslide, the train took the passengers back to Kallar and the railways arranged buses for the travellers to Udhagamandalam, railway sources said. Restoration of the railway track was being carried out and soon the service would resume, the sources said. Also Read | Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ND Tiwari passes away in Delhi hospitalOwing to the landslide, trains from Udhagamandalam to Ketty and from Coonoor to Udhgamandalam were cancelled for the day, they added. The train left Mettupalayam at 7.10 am with 200 passengers.

The Nilgiris Mountain Rail (NMR) service from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam was cancelled on Thursday following heavy landslide between Kallar and Hillgrove railway stations. The train left Mettupalayam at 7.10 am with 200 passengers. Following the landslide, the train took the passengers back to Kallar and the railways arranged buses for the travellers to Udhagamandalam, railway sources said. Also Read | Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ND Tiwari passes away in Delhi hospital Owing to the landslide, trains from Udhagamandalam to Ketty and from Coonoor to Udhgamandalam were cancelled for the day, they added. Restoration of the railway track was being carried out and soon the service would resume, the sources said.

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