The latest update on the same:The derailed coaches are D-8, D-9, D-10, D-11, two AC Chair Cars and two unreserved coaches, railway sources said. Unconfirmed reports say the locomotive of the train also caught fire and that the pantry car rammed into the adjacent D-8 coach.
Nagercoil Express coming towards Bangalore City, which was near the accident spot, will now operate as a special train to Ernakulam and will take passengers from the Bangalore-Ernakulam Inter City Express