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As per South Western Railway (SWR), 21 services were affected between 5.15 am and 9/10 am due to an overhead equipment (OHE) failure.
When passengers of one of the trains, which had stopped on the tracks a little ahead of Tekal station owing to technical issues, were crossing the tracks an express train, arriving from the opposite direction, rammed into one male passenger, killing him instantly.
SWR officials confirmed that a passenger was run over.
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Other delayed trains were: 12028 Shatabdi Express(Bengaluru- Chennai), 12608 Lalbagh Express( Bengaluru-Chennai), 06556 Jolarpettai-KSR Bengaluru Memu,22692 Rajdhani Express (Hazrat Nizamuddin-KSRBengaluru), 16591 Hampi Express (Hubballi -Mysuru),12785 Kacheguda- Mysuru,11311 Solapur – Hassan Express, 11301 Udyan Express (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus -KSR Bengaluru City), 16572 Bidar –Yeswantpur, 06266Hindupur-KSR Bengaluru Memu, 12214 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Yeswantpur AC DurontoExpress, 16316 Kochuveli- Mysuru Express, 06264 Marikuppam – KSR Bengaluru MEMU, 15228 Muzaffarpur- Yeswantpur, 06292 Kuppam- KSR Bengaluru MEMU, 12510Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantonment and 22618 KSR Bengaluru-Tirupati intercity.