Chennai-Pune weekly special train took a wrong route after crossing the Arakkonam station before the loco pilot realisedtheerror and alerted the station master at Arakkonam around 5pm on Wednesday.
Officials said the train was supposed to head to Renigunta from Arakkonam but it took the route to Katpadi. The train was pulled back to Arakkonam station before it could continue on the righttrack.Trainstothe northtaketheRenigunta route, while trains to Coimbatore and Kerala take the Katpadi route after crossing Arakkonam.
A senior railway official said,“The...
more... staff in the cabin may have switched the tracks into the wrong route. It is not a safety issue