Train services affected in Bengaluru after petroleum bogey wagon derails

Bengaluru: One of the tank wagons of a train transporting petroleum products derailed in Hosur on Tuesday, affecting several passenger services. 

According to the South Western Railway (SWR), an 18th BTPN (Bogie Tank Petrol and Naphtha) wagon train derailed while rolling into Road-3 in Hosur in the Bengaluru railway division. 

The following train services were affected as a result: 

Train numbers 66564 Hosur-Yeshwantpur MEMU, 66585 Yeshwantpur-Hosur MEMU,  and 66586 Hosur-Yeshwantpur MEMU were cancelled. 

Train number 66563 Hosur-Yeshwantpur was cancelled between Maranayakanahalli and Hosur, short-terminating at Maranayakanahalli. 

Train number 20641 Bengaluru Cantonment-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express departed from its originating station at 5.30 pm, instead of the scheduled time of 2.20 pm.