Comparative Rail Safety

[AndrewJin]

Surprisingly germans also have quite a few rail accidents.

Americans have a more dangerous system(death / total passengers) than india (have the most death, but total passengers are big).

 

[AndrewJin]

Well i can travel from delhi to bangalore paying 12 dollars in non AC reserved sleeper. A distance of 2400 km. Whats the comparison in other countries non AC trains ?

In other countries, non-A/C trains are seldom found.
India is considered one of the hottest countries in the world.
I cannot image that.
We don't have any non-A/C train in my city, which is considered in less developed region in China.

 

[AndrewJin]

Ok. Thought china and other countries still had the old type.train sets. The 150 km per hr type. I think uk has a few non AC , might be wrong though. Cant really compare uk to Indian fares . I have had a few trips in the chinese high speed trains from shanghai. Nice.

We do have slow train less than 160km/h.
But they have A/C, both seats and beds, all with A/C.
In my city in central China, there are 600 bullet trains per day, and 300 slow A/C trains(mostly 1500-4000km).
We have less than 1-2% trains without A/C in the country, but rapidly replaced by A/C trains (still slow trains but with A/C).
And non-A/C trains can be mostly found in places where weather is cool and distance is short.

A/C slow trains.

In the last a couple of years, many provinces have said goodbye to their last non-A/C train.

https://defence.pk/threads/china-hs...ginal-translation.363685/page-53#post-7480876

 

[AndrewJin]

What struck me was how empty your stations were .Here in India we have hawkers.relatives.porters and the passangers on the platform.

Passengers are waiting at the waiting hall. Not allowed onto the platforms until 5-20 minutes before departure.

 

[Nan Yang]

Two trains collide in Florida derailing 20 rail cars, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members

* The Marion County Sheriff's Office said the collision occurred in Citra, Florida, on Wednesday morning
* The trains, both owned by CSX Corp., were loaded with coal and phosphate rock which spilled
* A hazardous materials team has been called in to contain the fuel spill after the collision
* Two crew members sustained minor injuries in the incident at a crossing and are being treated

 

[Piotr]

Two trains collide in Florida derailing 20 rail cars, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members

* The Marion County Sheriff's Office said the collision occurred in Citra, Florida, on Wednesday morning
* The trains, both owned by CSX Corp., were loaded with coal and phosphate rock which spilled
* A hazardous materials team has been called in to contain the fuel spill after the collision
* Two crew members sustained minor injuries in the incident at a crossing and are being treated

Proudly made in the USA with AmeriKKKan craftsmanship. US trains are even better than US military hardware.
BTW when will China help the Seminoles take back Florida ??

 

[AndrewJin]

Two trains collide in Florida derailing 20 rail cars, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members

* The Marion County Sheriff's Office said the collision occurred in Citra, Florida, on Wednesday morning
* The trains, both owned by CSX Corp., were loaded with coal and phosphate rock which spilled
* A hazardous materials team has been called in to contain the fuel spill after the collision
* Two crew members sustained minor injuries in the incident at a crossing and are being treated

OMG, the trump train!

 

[Nan Yang]

Dramatic video shows the moment a train smashes through truck that got stuck on the tracks - moments after the driver jumped out

• Video shows moment truck driver was nearly killed in collision with a train
• Eli Mercado was driving a moving truck when it got stuck on the tracks
• Video shows a train smashing into and through the truck near Atlanta
• Mercado says he jumped to safety just a few seconds before the collision

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ing-train-accident-Atlanta.html#ixzz4QQiQF79l
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[AndrewJin]

Dramatic video shows the moment a train smashes through truck that got stuck on the tracks - moments after the driver jumped out

• Video shows moment truck driver was nearly killed in collision with a train
• Eli Mercado was driving a moving truck when it got stuck on the tracks
• Video shows a train smashing into and through the truck near Atlanta
• Mercado says he jumped to safety just a few seconds before the collision

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ing-train-accident-Atlanta.html#ixzz4QQiQF79l
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stuck on the track?
If the railway crossing in the collapsing country is like ours, how come?

 

[Ryan]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/20/train-in-northern-india-derails-killing-at-least-63.html
115 dead as train derails in north India; some still trapped
Published November 20, 2016
[URL='http://www.ap.org/']Associated Press

Rescuers work on the site of a train derailment accident in Kanpur Dehat, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

PUKHRAYAN, India – Rescuers worked through the night to pull people out of mangled coaches after an overnight passenger train derailed early Sunday in northern India, killing at least 115 people, police said.

The death toll was expected to rise further because rescue workers had yet to gain access to one of the worst-damaged of the 14 coaches that derailed, said Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police. About 150 people were injured, he said.

The train derailed at around 3:10 a.m., jolting awake passengers who had settled in for the long trip. Survivors and bodies were retrieved from mangled coaches that had fallen on their side.

Ramchandra Tewari, a passenger who suffered a head injury, said he was asleep when he was suddenly flung to the floor of his coach.

"There was a loud sound like an earthquake. I fell from my berth and a lot of luggage fell over me," Tewari told reporters from his hospital bed in the city of Kanpur. "I thought I was dead, and then I passed out."

Another passenger, Satish Kumar, said the train was traveling at normal speed when it stopped suddenly.

"It restarted, and then we heard a crash," Kumar, whose coach remained standing on the track, said at the derailment site. "When we came out of the train, we saw a few coaches had derailed."

The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear. Accidents are relatively common on India's sprawling rail network, which is the world's third largest but lacks modern signaling and communication systems. Most accidents are blamed on poor maintenance and human error.

The impact of the derailment was so strong that one of the coaches landed on top of another, crushing the one below, said Brig. Anurag Chibber, who was heading the army's rescue team.

"We fear there could be many more dead in the lower coach," he said, adding that it was unclear how many people were in the coach.

Javeed Ahmad, the police chief of Uttar Pradesh state, where the derailment took place, said 115 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage.

The derailment occurred near the village of Pukhrayan, outside of Kanpur, an industrial city about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of New Delhi. The Patna-Indore Express train, linking the central Indian city of Indore to the city of Patna to its northeast, completes its 1,360-kilometer (845-mile) journey in 27 hours.

Rescue workers, soldiers and members of India's disaster management force reached Pukhrayan within an hour of the derailment and began pulling out people trapped in the overturned coaches.

Rescuers used cutting torches to open the derailed train cars to try to reach those trapped inside, while cranes were deployed to lift the coaches from the tracks. However, rescuers moved cautiously because some of the coaches were precariously tilted, and there was a danger that they could topple over, possibly injuring those trapped inside.

"We are being very careful in using the cutting torches," Chaudhary said.

Medical teams provided first aid near the site, while the more seriously injured were moved to hospitals in Kanpur, Chaudhary said. Of the roughly 150 injured, 72 were in serious condition, he said.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu arrived at the site by Sunday evening to monitor the rescue and relief operations. He said a special train has been arranged to take passengers from the derailed train to Patna, according to the PTI news agency. He said thousands of food packets, water bottles and cups of tea were being provided to the stranded passengers.

Anxious relatives of passengers searched for their family members among the injured and the dead at hospitals in Kanpur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his concern over the derailment.

"Anguished beyond words on the loss of lives due to the derailing of the Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families," Modi posted on his Twitter account.

Kanpur is a major railway junction, and hundreds of trains pass through the city every day. After the derailment, several trains using the line were diverted to other routes, Anil Saxena, spokesman for Indian Railways, said in New Delhi.

Rail authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident, Saxena said.

In 2012, an Indian government report said about 15,000 people are killed every year in train accidents in the country, caused mainly by outdated equipment and overstretched staff.

The country's worst railway accident occurred in 1981, when a passenger train fell into the Baghmati River in northern India, killing nearly 800 people.

Prime Minister Modi has pledged to invest $137 billion over the next five years to modernize India's railway network, which is used by around 23 million passengers a day.

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At least 96 killed as Indore-Patna Express train derails near Kanpur

• Oliver Fredrick/Ruchir Kumar, Lucknow/Patna
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• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:16 IST

Several more are feared dead after the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo)

At least 96 people were killed and 100 injured early Sunday when 14 coaches of the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train went off the rails in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

The toll is expected to rise as some of the injured were in a serious condition, railway officials said about the accident that took place at around 3am near Pukhrayan, about 100km from here.

Volunteers and railway police were working to pull out passengers trapped in the coaches that fell on the side, said Anand Mishra, a police official.

Several people were rushed to nearby hospitals and the casualties could go up, rail ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said. A relief train was rushed to the spot, he said.

The express train was travelling from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Patna in Bihar.

Patna-Indore Express derails: Click here for live updates

It was not immediately clear what caused the coaches to derail but sources said the nature and timing indicated that the accident could have been caused by a rail fracture.

Cracks in rails have been a cause of concern as rickety railway infrastructure struggles to keep with rising traffic.


Buses were pressed into service to help passengers complete their journey, northern central railways spokesperson Vijay Kumar said.

The S2 coach of the train was severely damaged. Four AC coaches, too, were derailed.

“Anguished beyond words on loss of lives due to the derailing of Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.


Several trains along the Jhansi-Kanpur route were either diverted or cancelled, as rail minister Suresh Prabhu ordered a probe. Strictest possible action would be taken against those responsible for the accident, he said.

A team of national disaster relief force was being rushed to the spot and the director general would oversee the rescue operation in Pukhrayan, home minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed his top police official to monitor the relief efforts and ensure a green corridor for quick movement of ambulances.




Patna-Indore Express derailment: Five deadliest train accidents in past 5 years

• HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
  |
• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:21 IST

Police and locals during rescue operations at the site of accident in Pukhrayan near Kanpur. (HT Photo)


At least 90 were killed and more than 100 wounded when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur early Sunday. The death toll is expected to rise.

Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu has ordered an enquiry into the accident and has assured “strictest action” against those found responsible for the mishap.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav were also monitoring the situation closely.

While the cause of the accident was not immediately known, the heavy toll is comparable to many other railway accidents in the country in the recent past.

Here are five deadliest train accidents in India in the last five years:

■ March 20, 2015: At least thirty-eight people died and more than 150 injured when the Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express derailed near Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh


■ May 26, 2014: Twenty-two people lost their lives when the Gorakhdham Express came on the same track as a freight train and rammed into it near Khalilabad station in Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. Over 50 were injured.

■ May 4, 2014: At least 20 people were killed and about 100 injured when the Diva Junction-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

■ December 28, 2013: Twenty six people were killed in the Bangalore-Nanded Express train in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh after a fire broke out in an AC 3-tier coach. 54 passengers were expected to be on board in the B1 coach completely gutted in the fire.

■ July 30, 2012: Thirty-five passengers were burnt to death and at least 25 injured when a coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
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[AndrewJin]

I think time will come for India to prefer quality products and services pragmatically. People already know it. Government may learn, too.

Recent news, a huge overhaul of safety of slow trains is coming facing this accident in India.

 

[Han Patriot]

Passengers are waiting at the waiting hall. Not allowed onto the platforms until 5-20 minutes before departure.

You don't have to explain to them...they just like to be irratating. He already knows the answer, his intention was just trying to say, hey China has got so many HSR but it's empty like hell. You and I know the truth, just let them continue using their death rail. Realise he saw the new HSR station in Shanghai but his jealously only compels him to search for a spittoon, such is the typical Indian mentality. The face saving mentality is more extreme in India, I knw it first hand.

 

[Shotgunner51]

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At least 96 killed as Indore-Patna Express train derails near Kanpur

• Oliver Fredrick/Ruchir Kumar, Lucknow/Patna
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• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:16 IST

Several more are feared dead after the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo)

At least 96 people were killed and 100 injured early Sunday when 14 coaches of the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train went off the rails in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

The toll is expected to rise as some of the injured were in a serious condition, railway officials said about the accident that took place at around 3am near Pukhrayan, about 100km from here.

Volunteers and railway police were working to pull out passengers trapped in the coaches that fell on the side, said Anand Mishra, a police official.

Several people were rushed to nearby hospitals and the casualties could go up, rail ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said. A relief train was rushed to the spot, he said.

The express train was travelling from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Patna in Bihar.

Patna-Indore Express derails: Click here for live updates

It was not immediately clear what caused the coaches to derail but sources said the nature and timing indicated that the accident could have been caused by a rail fracture.

Cracks in rails have been a cause of concern as rickety railway infrastructure struggles to keep with rising traffic.


Buses were pressed into service to help passengers complete their journey, northern central railways spokesperson Vijay Kumar said.

The S2 coach of the train was severely damaged. Four AC coaches, too, were derailed.

“Anguished beyond words on loss of lives due to the derailing of Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.


Several trains along the Jhansi-Kanpur route were either diverted or cancelled, as rail minister Suresh Prabhu ordered a probe. Strictest possible action would be taken against those responsible for the accident, he said.

A team of national disaster relief force was being rushed to the spot and the director general would oversee the rescue operation in Pukhrayan, home minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed his top police official to monitor the relief efforts and ensure a green corridor for quick movement of ambulances.




Patna-Indore Express derailment: Five deadliest train accidents in past 5 years

• HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
  |
• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:21 IST

Police and locals during rescue operations at the site of accident in Pukhrayan near Kanpur. (HT Photo)


At least 90 were killed and more than 100 wounded when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur early Sunday. The death toll is expected to rise.

Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu has ordered an enquiry into the accident and has assured “strictest action” against those found responsible for the mishap.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav were also monitoring the situation closely.

While the cause of the accident was not immediately known, the heavy toll is comparable to many other railway accidents in the country in the recent past.

Here are five deadliest train accidents in India in the last five years:

■ March 20, 2015: At least thirty-eight people died and more than 150 injured when the Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express derailed near Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh


■ May 26, 2014: Twenty-two people lost their lives when the Gorakhdham Express came on the same track as a freight train and rammed into it near Khalilabad station in Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. Over 50 were injured.

■ May 4, 2014: At least 20 people were killed and about 100 injured when the Diva Junction-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

■ December 28, 2013: Twenty six people were killed in the Bangalore-Nanded Express train in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh after a fire broke out in an AC 3-tier coach. 54 passengers were expected to be on board in the B1 coach completely gutted in the fire.

■ July 30, 2012: Thirty-five passengers were burnt to death and at least 25 injured when a coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
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RIP to the victims

 

[Ryan]

Do you mean this post hurts the image of the so-called shining India? We should turn blind eyes to the tragedy in India? Any tragedy should be swept under the carpet of the world largest democratic nation?

You Chinese truly have no shame at all

 

[ahojunk]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/20/train-in-northern-india-derails-killing-at-least-63.html
115 dead as train derails in north India; some still trapped
Published November 20, 2016
Associated Press


Rescuers work on the site of a train derailment accident in Kanpur Dehat, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

PUKHRAYAN, India – Rescuers worked through the night to pull people out of mangled coaches after an overnight passenger train derailed early Sunday in northern India, killing at least 115 people, police said.

The death toll was expected to rise further because rescue workers had yet to gain access to one of the worst-damaged of the 14 coaches that derailed, said Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police. About 150 people were injured, he said.

The train derailed at around 3:10 a.m., jolting awake passengers who had settled in for the long trip. Survivors and bodies were retrieved from mangled coaches that had fallen on their side.

Ramchandra Tewari, a passenger who suffered a head injury, said he was asleep when he was suddenly flung to the floor of his coach.

"There was a loud sound like an earthquake. I fell from my berth and a lot of luggage fell over me," Tewari told reporters from his hospital bed in the city of Kanpur. "I thought I was dead, and then I passed out."

Another passenger, Satish Kumar, said the train was traveling at normal speed when it stopped suddenly.

"It restarted, and then we heard a crash," Kumar, whose coach remained standing on the track, said at the derailment site. "When we came out of the train, we saw a few coaches had derailed."

The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear. Accidents are relatively common on India's sprawling rail network, which is the world's third largest but lacks modern signaling and communication systems. Most accidents are blamed on poor maintenance and human error.

The impact of the derailment was so strong that one of the coaches landed on top of another, crushing the one below, said Brig. Anurag Chibber, who was heading the army's rescue team.

"We fear there could be many more dead in the lower coach," he said, adding that it was unclear how many people were in the coach.

Javeed Ahmad, the police chief of Uttar Pradesh state, where the derailment took place, said 115 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage.

The derailment occurred near the village of Pukhrayan, outside of Kanpur, an industrial city about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of New Delhi. The Patna-Indore Express train, linking the central Indian city of Indore to the city of Patna to its northeast, completes its 1,360-kilometer (845-mile) journey in 27 hours.

Rescue workers, soldiers and members of India's disaster management force reached Pukhrayan within an hour of the derailment and began pulling out people trapped in the overturned coaches.

Rescuers used cutting torches to open the derailed train cars to try to reach those trapped inside, while cranes were deployed to lift the coaches from the tracks. However, rescuers moved cautiously because some of the coaches were precariously tilted, and there was a danger that they could topple over, possibly injuring those trapped inside.

"We are being very careful in using the cutting torches," Chaudhary said.

Medical teams provided first aid near the site, while the more seriously injured were moved to hospitals in Kanpur, Chaudhary said. Of the roughly 150 injured, 72 were in serious condition, he said.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu arrived at the site by Sunday evening to monitor the rescue and relief operations. He said a special train has been arranged to take passengers from the derailed train to Patna, according to the PTI news agency. He said thousands of food packets, water bottles and cups of tea were being provided to the stranded passengers.

Anxious relatives of passengers searched for their family members among the injured and the dead at hospitals in Kanpur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his concern over the derailment.

"Anguished beyond words on the loss of lives due to the derailing of the Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families," Modi posted on his Twitter account.

Kanpur is a major railway junction, and hundreds of trains pass through the city every day. After the derailment, several trains using the line were diverted to other routes, Anil Saxena, spokesman for Indian Railways, said in New Delhi.

Rail authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident, Saxena said.

In 2012, an Indian government report said about 15,000 people are killed every year in train accidents in the country, caused mainly by outdated equipment and overstretched staff.

The country's worst railway accident occurred in 1981, when a passenger train fell into the Baghmati River in northern India, killing nearly 800 people.

Prime Minister Modi has pledged to invest $137 billion over the next five years to modernize India's railway network, which is used by around 23 million passengers a day.




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At least 96 killed as Indore-Patna Express train derails near Kanpur

• Oliver Fredrick/Ruchir Kumar, Lucknow/Patna
  |
• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:16 IST

Several more are feared dead after the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo)

At least 96 people were killed and 100 injured early Sunday when 14 coaches of the Indore-Rajendra Nagar express train went off the rails in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

The toll is expected to rise as some of the injured were in a serious condition, railway officials said about the accident that took place at around 3am near Pukhrayan, about 100km from here.

Volunteers and railway police were working to pull out passengers trapped in the coaches that fell on the side, said Anand Mishra, a police official.

Several people were rushed to nearby hospitals and the casualties could go up, rail ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said. A relief train was rushed to the spot, he said.

The express train was travelling from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Patna in Bihar.

Patna-Indore Express derails: Click here for live updates

It was not immediately clear what caused the coaches to derail but sources said the nature and timing indicated that the accident could have been caused by a rail fracture.

Cracks in rails have been a cause of concern as rickety railway infrastructure struggles to keep with rising traffic.


Buses were pressed into service to help passengers complete their journey, northern central railways spokesperson Vijay Kumar said.

The S2 coach of the train was severely damaged. Four AC coaches, too, were derailed.

“Anguished beyond words on loss of lives due to the derailing of Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.


Several trains along the Jhansi-Kanpur route were either diverted or cancelled, as rail minister Suresh Prabhu ordered a probe. Strictest possible action would be taken against those responsible for the accident, he said.

A team of national disaster relief force was being rushed to the spot and the director general would oversee the rescue operation in Pukhrayan, home minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed his top police official to monitor the relief efforts and ensure a green corridor for quick movement of ambulances.




Patna-Indore Express derailment: Five deadliest train accidents in past 5 years

• HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
  |
• Updated: Nov 20, 2016 11:21 IST

Police and locals during rescue operations at the site of accident in Pukhrayan near Kanpur. (HT Photo)


At least 90 were killed and more than 100 wounded when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur early Sunday. The death toll is expected to rise.

Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu has ordered an enquiry into the accident and has assured “strictest action” against those found responsible for the mishap.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav were also monitoring the situation closely.

While the cause of the accident was not immediately known, the heavy toll is comparable to many other railway accidents in the country in the recent past.

Here are five deadliest train accidents in India in the last five years:

■ March 20, 2015: At least thirty-eight people died and more than 150 injured when the Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express derailed near Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh


■ May 26, 2014: Twenty-two people lost their lives when the Gorakhdham Express came on the same track as a freight train and rammed into it near Khalilabad station in Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. Over 50 were injured.

■ May 4, 2014: At least 20 people were killed and about 100 injured when the Diva Junction-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

■ December 28, 2013: Twenty six people were killed in the Bangalore-Nanded Express train in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh after a fire broke out in an AC 3-tier coach. 54 passengers were expected to be on board in the B1 coach completely gutted in the fire.

■ July 30, 2012: Thirty-five passengers were burnt to death and at least 25 injured when a coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
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Very disheartening to see this tragedy.

R.I.P. to the victims.