Timeline: Train accidents in India since 2000

Timeline: Train accidents in India since 2000 New Delhi: Sixteen people have been charred to death and over 35 have been injured after the Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. Following is a list of the train accidents in India since the year 2000: January 2011: Goods train derails in Ghaziabad. April 2011: Mumbai Rajdhani Express catches fire near Ratlam, no deaths....
10:33 AM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai locals under extreme strain: Central Railways PRO

Mumbai locals under extreme strain: Central Railways PRO

Vidyadhar Malegaonkar, Chief PRO, Central Railway said that people in Mumbai were forced to trespass railway lines as "there are not too many connectivities". ...
08:29 AM, Apr 20, 2012

Three train mishaps in 24 hours, over 20 injured

Three train mishaps in 24 hours, over 20 injured New Delhi: The country has seen three train accidents in less than 24 hours in which atleast seven people have been killed and over 22 others injured. While the first tragedy took place on Tuesday in which seven people were killed in a fire on the Howrah-Dehradun Express in Jharkhand, a train derailed in Anantnag, Kashmir on Wednesday while another collided with a goods train in Odisha. At least 20...
04:56 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Will set up Railway Safety Board: Dinesh Trivedi

Will set up Railway Safety Board: Dinesh Trivedi

Days after the death of over 60 people in the Kalka Mail accident, the new Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi says he will set up a Railway Security and Safety Board. ...
01:33 PM, Jul 19, 2011

Trivedi offers jobs to families of Kalka victims

Trivedi offers jobs to families of Kalka victims New Delhi: Making rail safety his top priority, Dinesh Trivedi, who took oath as the new Railway Minister on Tuesday, announced a job each to the next of family of the deceased in the Kalka Mail mishap and headed straight for the accident site under party chief Mamata Banerjee's "directive". "Circumstances are very unfortunate....there is an accident that everybody knows. So I am not going to Rail Bhawan nor my...
08:25 PM, Jul 12, 2011

Assam mishap: Adivasi People's Army responsible

Assam mishap: Adivasi People's Army responsible New Delhi: A little known group Adivasi People's Army has claimed responsibility for the the bomb explosion that led to the derailment of the Guwahati-Puri express in Assam on Sunday. The Home Ministry has released a statement saying that a group known as the Adivasi People's Army has claimed responsibility for the incident. An e-mail sent by Sylvia Orang, a self-styled commander of the group, also known as Soren, was...
09:39 PM, Jul 11, 2011

Major train accidents in the past

Major train accidents in the past There have been several incidences of train collisions in India in the last two decades. ...
08:46 AM, Jul 19, 2010

No blasts on tracks, train services resume

No blasts on tracks, train services resume No explosion took place on the track between Gidni and Jhargram stations where services were halted briefly. ...
11:37 AM, Jun 22, 2010

Railway claims engine design not faulty

Railway claims engine design not faulty According to the Railway the "fool-proof quality checks" discount any scope of error in the engine design. ...
02:53 PM, Jun 15, 2010
Some Indian trains running on faulty engines

Some Indian trains running on faulty engines

Indian Railways has witnessed an aggregate number of over 200 accidents each year in the last 5 years. ...
07:37 PM, Jun 14, 2010

Bengal CM vows to wipe out Maoists from state

Bengal CM vows to wipe out Maoists from state Resolving to defeat the Maoists, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee promises to intensify operations against the rebels. ...
03:19 PM, May 28, 2010

Gyaneshwari Exp survivors recount the horror

Gyaneshwari Exp survivors recount the horror According to a female survivor, the train moved sideways as it was getting derailed off the tracks. ...
10:46 AM, May 28, 2010

PM grieves for Gyaneshwari Exp victims

PM grieves for Gyaneshwari Exp victims He has announced monetary assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of family member of the deceased. ...
10:25 AM, May 28, 2010

1 killed, many hurt as pipe falls on Thane train

1 killed, many hurt as pipe falls on Thane train Driver trapped in engine compartment for two hours. ...
03:18 PM, Oct 23, 2009
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