Kulaura train accident

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Kulaura train accident
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Date23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)
11:30pm (Bangladesh Standard Time)
LocationBarachhara canal, Baramchal, Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar District
Country Bangladesh
Line Sylhet-Dhaka
Statistics
Trains Upaban Express
Deaths4-5
Injured100+
Damage1km of rail line damaged.

On the night of 23 June 2019, at around 11 PM, an Upaban Express train from Sylhet was on its way to Dhaka. [1] Whilst passing through a culvert, a calamity took place leading to 5 deaths and hundreds of injuries. [2] [3] [4] [5] 1 km of rail line was damaged. [6]

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On the day of the accident, the Upaban Express train boarded too many passengers. [7] [8] The construction work of a bridge over the Titas River on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway increased the number of passengers wanting to travel by rail. [9]

Whilst passing Kulaura rail station, the train driver suddenly increased the speed. [10] [11] At around 11:30 PM, before passing above the Barachhara canal in Baramchal, 10 carriages detached from the 7 carriages in front. One of the detached carriages fell into the canal. [12] Two of the remaining detached carriages overturned and fell on the adjacent land and the other six carriages derailed and fell on the side of the railway line. [13]

After the accident, the local people and police came to the rescue. [14] They were then joined by the Border Guards Bangladesh. [15] The Ministry of Railways formed two separate inquiry committees on 24 June to find out the cause of the Kulaura train accident. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

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  3. ↑ মৌলভীবাজারের কুলাউড়ায় সেতু ভেঙে ট্রেন দুর্ঘটনা, নিহত অন্তত পাঁচ. BBC News (in Bengali).
  4. ↑ সেতু ভেঙে খালের জলে চলন্ত ট্রেন; দুর্ঘটনায় মৃত ৪, আহত ১০০-রও বেশি. NDTV (in Bengali).
  5. ↑ মধ্যরাতে লাইনচ্যুত উপবন এক্সপ্রেস, মৃত ৫. EiSamay.Com (in Bengali).
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