Five out of 250 people on a Bandung-Malang train in Java island, Indonesia, died on 4 April when three of the eight coaches were derailed by a landslide at Tasikmalaya. This was caused by heavy rain....
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On 11 March, four people died and 10 were injured when a minibus carrying “more than 30 workers” was hit by a Dohazari-Chittagong train at a Chandgaon crossing in Chittagong city. Witnesses told...
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One man died and nine were reported hurt when five coaches of the Kasara-CST local suburban train derailed near Titwala in India's Thane district on 20 March. Train services were seriously disrupted,...
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A massive fire on 23 February gutted a tyre manufacturing unit alongside Nahur suburban railway station near Bhandup in north-eastern Mumbai and disrupted train services. Electricity supply to Nahur...
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According to official statistics, 365 people were reported missing on railways in India during 2013 - equivalent to one every day. Most were children and most (only just - 51% to be precise) were...
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On 16 February, a bomb blast killed five passengers in Pakistan's Khushhal Khan Khattak express (Karachi to Peshawar), injuring more than 30 - of whom two died in hospital - and damaging 800 metres of...
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Early in December, a road tanker truck ignored the descending barrier at a crossing in South Jakarta, Indonesia, endeavouring to cross the line in front of an approaching commuter train. In the...
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On 26 December, four coaches of the Jhajha-Patna Passenger Memu train derailed at Rampur Dumra station. No injuries were reported but both Up and Down lines were blocked, disrupting services. A...
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On 28 December, fire reportedly “engulfed” one coach of an express passenger train near Kothacheruvu, about 155km north of Bangalore, India. There were 67 people in the vehicle, of whom 26 were burned...
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Four railway employees sustained burns while uncoupling a burning locomotive from the rest of its 50-wagon train - mostly tankcars loaded with diesel fuel. The incident took place on 28 November...
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