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The railway staff detected the crack whil the Kollam Junction-Chennai Egmore Express train was on detected at Sengottai railway after the train crossed Punalur Forest Division.
A major disaster was averted when alert railway staff noticed a crack on the chassis of a coach of the Kollam Junction-Chennai Egmore Express at Tamil Nadu's Sengottai railway station, Railway officials said.
The faulty coach was detached from the train and a replacement coach added after which it left the station an hour later, at 4.40pm.
The Madurai Division of Southern Railway has announced that train operations have been suspended on Pamban Bridge till 31st December.
The Southern Railway Madurai Division has banned the movement of trains at Pamban Bridge and issued a red alert for completing the work and testing the bridge for safety, reports ANI.