New Delhi: Following is the chronology of
major train accidents since 2002:
January 5, 2002: 21 killed and 41 injured when
Secundarabad-Manmad express train rammed into a stationary
goods train at Ghatnandur station in Maharashtra.
March 23, 2002: Seven injured when 13 bogies of Lokmanya
Tilak Superfast Express from Patna to Mumbai derailed near
Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh.
May 15, 2003: Thirty eight people, including women and
children, were killed and 13 injured when three coaches of
Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail caught fire.
June 22, 2003: 53 were killed and 25 injured when
Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special train derailed after
crossing Vaibhavwadi Station in Sindhudurg district in
Maharashtra.
July 2, 2003: A train engine and two adjoining coaches
fell off a bridge in Warangal, killing 18 people.
September 9, 2002: 100 passengers were killed and 150
hurt when a bogie of Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express plunged
into Dhave river in Bihar's Aurangabad district.
February 27, 2004: 30 people killed when Guwahati-bound
Kanchenjunga Express rammed into a truck at an unmanned
level-crossing in West Bengal's Dinajpur district.
December 15, 2004: 34 persons, including 11 women, died
and about 50 injured when Ahmedabad-bound Jammu Tawi Express
collided head-on with a local train about 40 km from Jalandhar
in Punjab.
August 18, 2006: Two carriages caught fire on
Chennai-Hyderabad Express near Secundrabad railway station.
November 9, 2006: About 40 died and 15 injured in a West
Bengal rail accident.
December 1, 2006: A portion of 150-year-old bridge being
dismantled collapsed over a passing train in Bihar's Bhagalpur
district, killing 35 and injuring 17.
February 13, 2009: Twelve carriages of Coromandel Express
derailed near Jajpur Road station in Orissa.
In August 1995, over 250 people were killed when
Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express collided near
Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 12:49