Change coaches delayed leaving India (9)
I believe the answer is:
translate
'change' is the definition.
(translating is a kind of changing)
'coaches delayed leaving india' is the wordplay.
'coaches' becomes 'trains' ('train' can be a synonym of 'coach').
'delayed' becomes 'late' (I've seen this before).
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'trains'+'late'='trainslate'
'trainslate' with 'i' removed is 'TRANSLATE'.
(Other definitions for translate that I've seen before include "Change into another language" , "Put in other words" , "Interpret, render" , "Switch language" , "shift" .)