Chennai Apr 24 PTI A local train derailed at the Beach station here on Sunday but there was no casualty the Southern Railway said The empty Electric Multiple Unit EMU was being moved from the yard to the platform and was likely to be proceeding on the busy Beach-Tambaram route Southern Railway sources said The mishap did not affect operations on different routes a Southern Railway statement said Today while placing an empty EMU rake from shed line to Platform 1 the rake had overshot the buffer end of the platform and damaged Platform No 1 The rake was empty and there were no passengers on board No injury to any passengers was reported on the platform A shunter jumped out of the rake and no injury was reported it said The platform shelter was damaged in the process A brake failure is suspected to be the reason for the incident Due to this incident no train services have been affected between Chennai- Chengalpattu and Beach-Velachery MRTS sections Trains are being run as per normal schedule the release added Trains will continue to run normally from other platforms at Chennai Beach it said adding Platform No 1 will also be restored for traffic in few hours Enquiry at the appropriate level will be conducted to assess the cause of the incident All the officials concerned are at site and restoration work has started the release added TV visuals showed the rake badly damaged as it jutted out of the platform and crashed into the station wall PTI SA SA HDA

Chennai Apr 24 PTI A local train derailed at the Beach station here on Sunday but there was no casualty Railway sources said The empty Electric Multiple Unit EMU was being moved from the yard to the platform and was likely to be proceeding on the busy Beach-Tambaram route Southern Railway sources said While placing an empty EMU rake from shed line to Platform 1 the rake had overshot the buffer end of the platform and damaged Platform 1 The rake was fully empty and there were no passengers on board No injury to any passengers was reported on the platform Shunter jumped out of the rake and no injury sustained S Guganesan Chief PRO Southern Railway said The platform shelter was damaged in the process and an enquiry at the appropriate level will be conducted to assess the cause of the incident he added A brake failure is suspected to be the reason for the incident TV visuals showed the rake badly damaged as it jutted out of the platform and crashed into the station wall Shocked passengers were being regulated by the police even as many of them were seen clicking pictures of the damaged train on their mobile phones PTI SA SA HDA HDA