1957 Gambar train crash

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Gambar Train Crash
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DateSeptember 29, 1957
Location Gambar Railway Station, Pakistan
Coordinates 30°45′00″N73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E / 30.7500; 73.3315
Country Pakistan
Line Karachi–Peshawar main railway line
Operator Pakistan Railways
Incident type Train collision
Cause
  1. Lack of signals
  2. Allowing two trains into same occupied block section
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths300
Injured150

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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References

  1. ↑ "Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Edgar A. Haine. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN   9780845348444 . Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times . Vol. 31, no. 9, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.


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