DISLODGED STEEL PLATE KILLS TWO

On 16 November, India's luxury Maharaja Express was running through the station at Ghatkopar when a steel plate became dislodged and hit two men standing on the platform. One died at the time and the...

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INTERCITY EXPRESSES HEAD-ON IN BANGLADESH

According to the Bangladesh Financial Express, Phulbari stationmaster MD Abdul Hamid and other staff “fled the scene” after two intercity express trains collided head-on in the station, putting 50...

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INDIAN EXPRESS DERAILS, 5 DEAD

The Mangla Lakshadweep Express derailed in India's western state of Maharashtra early on 15 November. Eight coaches left the line near Ghoti Budruk in the Nashik district, between the Igatpuri and...

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TRAINS CULLING ELEPHANTS IN INDIA

Following the killing of five adult elephants and two calves by a train in north Bengal, wildlife activist and co-ordinator of the Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation Animesh Basu is quoted by...

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INDIAN TRAIN FIRE - 10 DEAD

On 2 November, while the Alleppey-Dhanbad Express was travelling between Kerala state near India's southern tip to Dhanbad near the border with Bangladesh, rumours that there was a fire on board led...

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EIGHT DIE CROSSING TRACKS IN INDIA

Eight people were killed and two others injured when a train ran over them at Gotlam station in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 2 November. All had been passengers on another train who...

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PAKISTAN TRAIN BOMBING KILLS SEVEN

Three coaches were derailed when Pakistan's crowded Jaffer Express from Rawalpindi to Quetta was blown up near Shori station in Balochistan province on 21 October. Sixteen people were said to have...

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FATAL CRASH IN INDIA: CROWD KILLS DRIVER

More detail has emerged following the recent incident in Bihar state in eastern India when a passenger train ran into a large group of Hindu pilgrims crossing the line at a remote station. Altogether...

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PAKISTAN TRAIN BOMB KILLS 1, HURTS 13

On 5 August, an explosive device triggered in the toilet of a coach on the Lahore-Karachi Shalimar Express exploded while the train was running through open country near Toba Tek Singh in the Punjab....

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INDIAN TRACKS BLOWN UP

Political activists said to be Maoists blew up the line between Taraiya and Guraru on the Indian Central Railway, disrupting traffic on the Gaya-Mugalsari route. Nobody was hurt. Officials quoted by...

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