Gambar Train Crash | |
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Details | |
Date | September 29, 1957 |
Location | Gambar Railway Station, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 30°45′00″N73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E |
Country | Pakistan |
Line | Karachi–Peshawar main railway line |
Operator | Pakistan Railways |
Incident type | Train collision |
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Statistics | |
Trains | 2 |
Deaths | 300 |
Injured | 150 |
On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident. [1] [2] [3]
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