KOCHI: The Palakkad-Ernakulam Memu (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit ) train derailed on Thursday while entering the Kalamassery Station. No one was injured in the incident.The derailment, sources said, happened due to lapses in following standard procedures while providing signals for train passage.Four officials, including a station manager, two pointsmen and a signal department engineer have been placed under suspension pending inquiry. Sources said track renewal works were going on and the automatic signalling system was temporarily disabled for it.A railway official said trains could have been received on-the-line by providing signals manually even as the control panel was disconnected.“Officials failed to ensure proper clamping of the tracks before providing manual signal and the failure on the part of the station manager to monitor the activities led to the mishap,” said the official.Officials said the train was moving slowly due to speed restriction and it averted a major tragedy. “The loco pilot was able to stop the train immediately after the derailment,” said the official.The pairing service (T No 66612 Ernakulam-Palakkad Memu) scheduled to leave Ernakulam Junction at 3.10pm was cancelled after the incident. However, train traffic was not disrupted.It was the first pair of wheels of motor coach of Train No 66611 Palakkad-Ernakulam MEMU that derailed while the MEMU train was entering the station at a speed of 15 kmph.

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