The overhead electricity cable got cut off near Ennore railway station. File photograph
Suburban train services on the Gummidipoondi section in north Chennai were affected for more than one-and-a-half hours, due to the snapping of an overhead power cable on Wednesday morning.
The overhead electricity cable, which got cut off near Ennore railway station, resulted in a total of four train services being affected.
A senior official of the Chennai division of Southern Railway said the overhead power cable got disconnected due to a snag in the pantograph of the train, operated from Sullurpetta to Moore Market complex, at the Ennore railway station at around 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday. As a result, four trains were stopped at various points of the route and after the technical personnel resolved the issue, trains began normal operations by 8 a.m.