Title - Two trains delayed as Island Express breaks down

COIMBATORE: An engine repair in Island Express, which broke down at Morappur near Dharmapuri, delayed the arrival of the Nilgiris and Cheran Express trains at Coimbatore railway station on Wednesday morning.Island Express starts from Bangalore and goes to Thiruvananthapuram via Coimbatore and Kanyakumari. It broke down at Morappur near Dharmapuri due to an engine repair. Engine drivers and engineers who tried to rectify the fault had little success.As it was a single track route, Nilgiris Express and Cheran Express travel the same track and thus had to stop midway. There was a delay of a couple of hours. It took a while for Salem engineers to arrive and correct the engine fault. Cheran which was supposed to arrive at 4.45am arrived at 6.15am and Nilgiris arrived at 7.30am instead of 6am.