Dense fog on 22 December caused extensive disruption to South Eastern Railway services in India's Ranchi district. Apparently due to the restricted visibility, one goods train ran into another,...
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Two people were reported fatally injured on 12 December and eight others hospitalised locally when India's Khulna-bound Sundarban Express to Khulma collided with a three-wheel “tom-tom” vehicle on the...
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Eleven sleepers and a refreshment car on the Poorva Express to New Delhi derailed at slow speed on 13 December while entering Liluah station, soon after leaving Howrah. No injuries were reported, but...
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Eastern India was on high alert at the weekend as the powerful cyclone Hudhud approached. Airport operations were suspended and large numbers of army personnel placed on standby. Some 24,000 people...
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On 7 October, the derailing of 12 wagons in a Konkan Railway freight train badly damaged 160 metres of track. In a press statement, the railway explained that the train had been travelling between two...
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Fourteen people were reported to have died near Gorakhpur in India on 30 September following a collision. A further 24 were listed as hurt. Three coaches of the Lucknow-Barauni Express were thrown off...
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Vendors and hawkers selling goods on rail lines are common sights in towns in Bangladesh. They are adept at moving out of the way when a train appears but on 11 September two trains passing at speed...
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Substantial service disruption followed the derailing of two locomotives and several loaded wagons in a goods train on 12 August near Purulia on the Tatanagar-Chakradharpur-Adra section of India's...
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Three people died on 9 August and 10 were hurt when the vehicle in which they were travelling entered a level crossing near Yasinpur station in Natore, Bangladesh, and was hit by the Barendra Express....
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A school bus carrying 38 children failed to stop at a crossing in the Medak district, 95km north of Hyderabad in Southern India, on 24 July. In the resultant collision with a train, 18 were killed as...
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