Over 36 hours after they got stranded at the Srivaikundam Railway Station and in a near-by school in Thoothukudi district, nearly 700 passengers of the Tiruchendur-Chennai Express were evacuated and moved to safety on Tuesday.
About 800 passengers were stuck at the railway station since December 17 night – about 300 of them were shifted to a near-by school the next day –after the train in which they were travelling was halted at the station following damage to the railway track between Srivaikundam and Seydunganallur due to heavy rains.
