List of Indian rail accidents

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Notable historic Indian train accidents, 1950-1999
1950s:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960s:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970s:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
See also — External links — References

Contents 1 1981 2 1982 3 1985 4 1986 5 1987 6 1988 7 1989 8 1990s 9 1990 10 1991 11 1992 12 1993 13 1994 14 1995 15 1996 16 1997 17 1998 18 1999 19 2006 20 See also 21 References

[edit] 1981

• June 6, 1981 – Bihar train disaster, India: Hundreds are killed (300-800) when a train falls into a river.
• July 17, 1981 – A freight train slams into the back of a passenger train in Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 39 people and injuring 43.
• July 19, 1981 – In an incident blamed on sabotage, a train traveling to Ahmedabad from New Delhi, India, derailed in Gujarat, killing 30 people and injuring 70.
• July 31, 1981 – Six coaches of a train derail near Bahawalpur, India, killing 43 and injuring 50.

Early morning of 11 Feb 1981 three trains travelled on same track collide with each other in VANIYAMBADI 199 KM from CHENNAI killing many peoples

[edit] 1982

• January 27, 1982 – A freight train and an express passenger train collide head-on in heavy fog near Agra, India, killing 50 and injuring 50.
• March 20, 1982 – A Mangalore-to-New Delhi train slams into a tourist bus at a level crossing in Andhra Pradesh, snapping the bus in two, killing at least 59 people on the bus and injuring 25 others.

[edit] 1985

• February 23, 1985 – Rajnandgaon train fire, Madhya Pradesh, India: Over 50 people are killed when an express train catches fire.
• June 13, 1985 – Agra rail disaster, Argra, India: 38 people are killed in a collision.

[edit] 1986

• March 10, 1986 – Khagaria rail disaster, over 50 people are killed in a collision in Bihar.

[edit] 1987

• July 8, 1987 - Machieral rail disaster, 53 people killed in the derailment of a train in Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] 1988

• July 8, 1988 - Ashtamudi Lake rail disaster, passenger train falls in the lake after derailing, 107 people drowned.

[edit] 1989

• April 18, 1989 – Lalitpur rail disaster, Uttar Pradesh, India: 75 killed when train derails.

[edit] 1990s

Following is the chronology of major rail accidents since 1990:

[edit] 1990

• April 16, 1990 – Patna rail disaster, India: 70 killed as shuttle train is gutted by fire.

April 16, 1990: Seventy people burnt to death as a shuttle train catches fire near Patna.

June 6, 1990: Thirty-five killed in a train accident at Gollaguda in Andhra Pradesh.

June 25, 1990: Sixty killed as a goods train rams into a passenger train at Mangra in Daltongunj in Bihar.

Oct 10, 1990: Forty killed in a fire in a train near Cherpalli in Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] 1991

Oct 31, 1991: Thirty killed as Karnataka Express derails near Makaligurga in Karnataka.

[edit] 1992

Sept 5, 1992: Forty-one killed in a train accident near Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh.

[edit] 1993

July 16, 1993: Sixty killed in an accident in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

Sept 21, 1993: Seventy-one killed as Kota-Bina passenger train collides with a goods train near Chhabra in Rajasthan.

[edit] 1994

May 3, 1994: Thirty-five people killed as Narayanadri Express rams into a tractor in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] 1995

May 14, 1995: Fifty-two people killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train near Salem.

June 1, 1995: Seventy-three killed in two accidents in West Bengal and Orissa.

Aug 20, 1995: Three hundred and two killed as Delhi-bound Purushottam Express rams into the stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.

[edit] 1996

April 18, 1996: Sixty killed as Gorakhpur-Gonda passenger train rams into a stationary goods train at Donengarh near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

May 14, 1996: Thirty-five of a marriage party killed as bus carrying them collides with the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam train at an unmanned level-crossing near Alappuzha in Kerala.

May 25, 1996: Twenty-five killed as an Allahabad-bound passenger train rams into a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing near Varanasi.

Dec 30, 1996: Thirty-three people killed in a bomb blast on the Brahmaputra mail between Kokrajahar and Fakiragram stations in lower Assam.

[edit] 1997

July 8, 1997: Thirty-three people killed in bomb blast on a passenger train at Lehra Khanna railway station in Bhatinda district in Punjab.

July 28, 1997: Twelve people killed in a collision involving Karnataka Express and Himsagar Express near Faridabad on the outskirts of Delhi.

Sept 14, 1997: Eight-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh.

[edit] 1998

April 4, 1998: Eleven people killed near Fatuha station on Howrah-Delhi main line as Howrah-Danapur Express derails between Fatuha and Bankaghat stations.

April 24, 1998: Twenty-four killed and 32 injured at Parali Vaijanath railway station in Maharashtra as 15 wagons of a goods train Ram into the Manmad-Kachiguda Express.

Aug 13, 1998: Nineteen killed and 27 injured as a bus rams into the Chennai-Madurai Express train at an unmanned level-crossing on the new Karur-Salem bypass road on the outskirts of Karur town.

Sept 24, 1998: Twenty people, including 14 school children, killed and 33 injured when a train engine rams into an bus at an unmanned level-crossing near Bottalaapalem village in Andhra Pradesh.

Nov 26, 1998: Over 200 people die as Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Express rams into three derailed bogies of Amritsar-bound Frontier Golden Temple Mail near Ludhiana.

[edit] 1999

July 16, 1999: Seventeen killed and over 200 injured as the new Delhi-bound Grand Trunk Express from Chennai collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.

Aug 2, 1999: 268 killed and 359 injured in a collision involving Awadh-Assam Express and Brahmaputra Mail at Gaisal in North Frontier Railway's Katihar division.

[edit] 2006

• July 11, 2006 – A series of bomb attacks strikes commuter trains in Mumbai, India, killing at least 200.^[1]

• August 18, 2006 two carriages catch fire on the Chennai-Hyderabad Express near Secundrabad station

• November 9, 2006 – India- 40 die and 15 injured in a West Bengal rail accident.^{[citation needed]}

• November 20, 2006 – India- A bomb explodes on a train near Belacoba station in West Bengal, India, killing 7 and injuring 53. See 2006 West Bengal train disaster.^[2]

• December 1, 2006 – Bihar, India - Bhágalpur in the Ganges a portion of the 150-year-old 'Ulta Pul' bridge being dismantled collapsed over a passing train of India's Eastern Railways, killing 35 and injuring 17.^[3][4]

[edit] See also

• List of rail accidents

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC News: Mumbai Train Attacks
2. ^ Associated Press "India train bomb kills 7, hurts 53" CNN 21 Nov. 2006
3. ^ Dozens killed as bridge falls on train. Patna Daily.
4. ^ Bhagalpur tragedy: Lalu blames officials, contractor. The Hindu.

1990's - Chronology of major Indian Train Accidents - Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/958381.cms)