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Ladhowal second major train tragedy this year
New Delhi, May 15: The fire in the three coaches of the Frontier mail in the wee hours today in Punjab`s Ludhiana district, in which at least 38 people were killed, was the second major train tragedy this year.
New Delhi, May 15: The fire in the three coaches of the Frontier mail in the wee hours today in Punjab`s Ludhiana district, in which at least 38 people were killed, was the second major train tragedy this year.
Twenty-one people were killed and over 70 injured when the Kachiguda-Manmad Express rammed into a stationary goods train at Ghatamnagar station in Maharashtra`s beed district at 1.35 am on January 3. Three coaches derailed in the tragedy.
Following is a chronology of the major rail accidents in the country since 1990:
April 16, 1990: 70 people burnt to death as a shuttle train catches fire near Patna.
June 6, 1990: 36 people killed in a train accident at Gollaguda in Andhra Pradesh.
June 25, 1990: 60 people killed as a goods train rams into a passenger train at Mangra in Daltongunj in Bihar.
Oct 10, 1990: 40 people killed in a fire in a passenger train near Cherpalli in Andhra Pradesh.
Oct 31, 1991: 30 people killed as the Karnataka Express derails near Makaligurga in Karnataka.
Sept 5, 1992: 41 people killed in a train accident near Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh.
July 16, 1993: 60 people killed in an accident in Darbhanga district of Bihar.
Sept 21, 1993: 71 killed as Kota-Bina passenger train collides with a goods train near Chhabra in Rajasthan.
May 3, 1994: 35 people killed as Narayanadri Express rams into a tractor in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
May 14, 1995: 52 people killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train near Salem.
June 1, 1995: 73 killed in two accidents in West Bengal and Orissa. Aug 20, 1995: 302 killed as Delhi-bound Purushottam Express rams into a stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.
April 18, 1996: 60 killed as Gorakhpur-Gonda passenger train rams into a stationary goods train at Donengarh near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
May 14, 1996: 35 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: 25 killed as an Allahabad-bound passenger train rams into a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing near Varanasi.
Dec 30, 1996: 33 people killed in a bomb blast on the Brahmaputra mail between Kokrajahar and Fakiragram stations in lower Assam.
July 8, 1997: 33 people killed in bomb blast on a passenger train at Lehra Khanna railway station in Bhatinda district in Punjab.
July 28, 1997: 12 people killed in a collision involving Karnataka Express and Himsagar Express near Faridabad on the outskirts of Delhi.
Sept 14, 1997: at least 81 killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh.
April 24, 1998: 24 killed and 32 injured at Parali Vaijanath railway station in Maharashtra as 15 wagons of a goods train ram into the Manmad-Kachiguda Express.
April 4, 1998: Atleast 11 people killed near Fatuha station on Howrah-Delhi main line as Howrah-Danapur Express derails between Fatuha and Bankaghat stations.
Bureau Report
Following is a chronology of the major rail accidents in the country since 1990:
April 16, 1990: 70 people burnt to death as a shuttle train catches fire near Patna.
June 6, 1990: 36 people killed in a train accident at Gollaguda in Andhra Pradesh.
June 25, 1990: 60 people killed as a goods train rams into a passenger train at Mangra in Daltongunj in Bihar.
Oct 10, 1990: 40 people killed in a fire in a passenger train near Cherpalli in Andhra Pradesh.
Oct 31, 1991: 30 people killed as the Karnataka Express derails near Makaligurga in Karnataka.
Sept 5, 1992: 41 people killed in a train accident near Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh.
July 16, 1993: 60 people killed in an accident in Darbhanga district of Bihar.
Sept 21, 1993: 71 killed as Kota-Bina passenger train collides with a goods train near Chhabra in Rajasthan.
May 3, 1994: 35 people killed as Narayanadri Express rams into a tractor in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
May 14, 1995: 52 people killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train near Salem.
June 1, 1995: 73 killed in two accidents in West Bengal and Orissa. Aug 20, 1995: 302 killed as Delhi-bound Purushottam Express rams into a stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.
April 18, 1996: 60 killed as Gorakhpur-Gonda passenger train rams into a stationary goods train at Donengarh near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
May 14, 1996: 35 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: 25 killed as an Allahabad-bound passenger train rams into a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing near Varanasi.
Dec 30, 1996: 33 people killed in a bomb blast on the Brahmaputra mail between Kokrajahar and Fakiragram stations in lower Assam.
July 8, 1997: 33 people killed in bomb blast on a passenger train at Lehra Khanna railway station in Bhatinda district in Punjab.
July 28, 1997: 12 people killed in a collision involving Karnataka Express and Himsagar Express near Faridabad on the outskirts of Delhi.
Sept 14, 1997: at least 81 killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh.
April 24, 1998: 24 killed and 32 injured at Parali Vaijanath railway station in Maharashtra as 15 wagons of a goods train ram into the Manmad-Kachiguda Express.
April 4, 1998: Atleast 11 people killed near Fatuha station on Howrah-Delhi main line as Howrah-Danapur Express derails between Fatuha and Bankaghat stations.
Bureau Report