INDIA'S DEADLIEST TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN RECENT DECADES
Published By Fareha Naaz
| 03 Jun, 2023
June 1981
At least 800 people were killed when seven rear coaches of an overcrowded passenger train were blown off the track and fell into a river during a cyclone
July 1988
An express train left the rails and plunged into a monsoon-swollen lake near Quilon in southern India, killing at least 106 people
August 1995
At least 350 people were killed when two trains collided 200 km (125 miles) away from Delhi.
August 1999
Two trains collided near Calcutta, leading to the deaths of at least 285 people
October 2005
Several coaches of a passenger train derailed in southern Andhra Pradesh state, near Velugonda. At least 77 people were killed.
July 2011
Around 70 people were killed and over 300 injured when a mail train derailed in Fatehpur
November 2016
Some 146 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an express train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
January 2017
At least 41 people were killed after several coaches of a passenger train got off the rails in southern Andhra Pradesh state.
October 2018
A commuter train ran through a crowd gathered on the tracks for a festival in northern India's Amritsar city, killing at least 59 people and injuring 57.
June 2, 2023
At least 223 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha, according to government officials - one of India's worst rail accidents.