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EMU train jumps off rails at Chennai Central

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United News of India
Chennai, January 2, 2012
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Four wheels of an electrical multiple unit (EMU) train jumped off the rails at Chennai Central Railway station here last night.
 
Railway and police sources said no one was injured in the derailment, which occurred around 2200 hrs.
 
The EMU train from Avadi was chugging into the Madras Moore Market Complex at the Chennai Central when four wheels of the last EMU coach derailed and hit an electric police.
 
The few commuters, who were travelling in the coach, screamed in panic, but were rescued safely.
 
The train was chugging into the station at a speed of 10 kmph.
 
Traffic on the Chennai-Arakkonam section was affected for some time.
 
Senior Railway officials, including Divisional Railway Manager S Anantharaman rushed to the spot and supervised the relief operations, the sources added.
 
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