Heavy rain triggers minor landslips; Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Superfast Express loco derails at Parassala in Keralam

Heavy rain triggers minor landslips; Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Superfast Express loco derails at Parassala in Keralam left Representational image. M.A. Sriram M.A. Sriram https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/kerala/dp5958/article71610044.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/track.jpg No injuries reported. Train traffic along Thiruvananthapuram and Nagercoil route disrupted THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Heavy rain triggered minor landslips at two locations along the railway line between Thiruvananthapuram and Nagercoil, derailing the loco of a train and disrupting the train services connecting southern Keralam with Nagercoil and Kanniyakumari on Thursday (October 22, 2026). The locomotive of the Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Superfast Express derailed near Parasala in Keralam, though no injuries were reported. The incident occurred around at 2.19 a.m., when a large portion of the earth slipped onto the rail track near Parasala after heavy rain in the region. The locomotive of the train No. 22619 Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Express was derailed after four wheels of the locomotive slipped off the track following the land slip.