train accident
- India
Coordination gap between rly workers led to death of pointsman: ECR probe
Begusarai: A lack of coordination between two rail employees during a shunting operation led to one of them getting stuck in the buffers of the engine and a power car, causing his…
- India
Video: Railway worker crushed to death during engine shunting
A railway employee was crushed to death by a train engine in a mishap during the shunting process at the Barauni Junction railway station in Begusarai, Bihar, on Saturday morning, November 9.…
- India
Balasore train accident: Signal staff union welcomes bail to 3 accused
New Delhi: The Indian Railway S&T Maintainers’ Union welcomed Orissa High Court’s Tuesday decision to grant bail to the three accused in the June 2023 Balasore triple train accident that had killed…
- Chennai
How many more families must be destroyed: Rahul Gandhi on Bagmati Express accident
New Delhi: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, October 12, attacked the Centre over the train accident in Tamil Nadu, saying no lessons have been learned despite…
- India
Bagmati Express Accident: 19 injured, Southern Railway initiates probe
Chennai: As many as 19 passengers of the Bagmati Express (Train No 12578), which derailed at Kavaraipettai on the night of October 11, have been admitted to hospital. The condition of four…
- News
Coupling of Magadh Express breaks, train splits into two in Bihar’s Buxar
Patna: The coupling of Magadh Express from New Delhi to Islampur broke, splitting the train into two in Bihar’s Buxar district on Sunday, an official said. No one was injured in the…
- India
India lost 200 elephants in train accidents in 10 years: Wildlife SOS
Mumbai: Ahead of World Elephant Day on August 12, the Wildlife SOS said that India lost at least 200 elephants in train collisions between 201-2020, or on average, 20 pachyderms run or…
- India
LS debate: MPs express concerns over increasing rail accidents
New Delhi: Several MPs on Wednesday voiced their concerns over the increasing number of rail accidents and the state of railway services in India. Congress MP from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Harish Meena, during…
- India
Yet another rail accident but ‘PR machine of Fail Minister’ continues: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after the train derailment in Jharkhand, saying since June the “Fail Minister” has “overseen three accidents” that have…
- India
Gonda accident: Probe blames improper fastening of track; Railways disagree
New Delhi: A five-member team of senior railway officials investigating the derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express has blamed improper fastening of the rail track for the accident, sources said. One member of the…
- India
UP train accident: Cries fill coaches as Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derails
Gonda: Sandeep Kumar remembers hearing the cries of a boy and his coach getting filled with dust as the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed here on Thursday, July 18. “I remember the loud cries…
- Telangana
Telangana: Elderly man hit by train; body found hanging on loco
Hyderabad: An unidentified elderly man died after he was hit by a train on the city outskirts and his body was found hanging on the Loco of an empty rake, Government Railway…
- Kolkata
Bengal rail accident: GRP forms 6-member SIT to conduct parallel probe
Kolkata: The Government Railways Police (GRP) on Wednesday announced the formation of a six-member special investigation team for an independent probe in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district…
- Photos
Train accident in West Bengal
Kolkata: Locals gather after a collision between the Kanchanjungha Express and a goods train, near Rangapani railway station, on Monday, June 17, 2024. At least five people were killed and 30 others…
- India
Bengal train mishap: Death toll rises to 10, Kanchanjunga Express returns to Sealdah
The death toll in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district has risen to 10, said officials, adding that the train has returned to Sealdah. A senior official from…
