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This is an incomplete chronological list of railway accidents and incidents in India.
Railway accidents may be classified by their effects (e.g.: head-on collisions, rear-end collisions, side collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, etc.), or by cause (e.g.: driver and signalman error; mechanical failure of rolling stock, tracks and bridges; vandalism, sabotage, and terrorism; level crossing misuse and trespassing; natural causes such as flooding and fog; hazards of dangerous goods carried; effectiveness of brakes; and adequacy of operating rules).
Date | Train(s) | Location | Fatalities | Cause | |
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Official | Estimates | ||||
6 June 1981 | Mansi-Saharsa Passenger | Over Bagmati River near Mansi, Bihar. | 235 | 800 | Derailment over a bridge, possibly due to a tropical cyclone. |
20 August 1995 | Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh | 358 | 400 | Obstruction on the track due to a nilgai, followed by a rear-end collision. | |
2 June 2023 |
| Bahanaga Bazar, Odisha | 296 | Collision and derailment due to signalling error and subsequent collision due to runoff into the parallel track. Under investigation. | |
2 August 1999 | Gaisal, West Bengal | 285 | 300 | Violent collision due to signalling error. | |
26 November 1998 |
| Khanna, Punjab | 212 | Derailment and collision due to damaged rails. | |
10 September 2002 | Howrah Rajdhani Express | Over Dhave River near Rafiganj, Bihar | 130 | 200 | Sabotage by Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. |
23 December 1964 | Pamban-Dhanushkodi Passenger | Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu | Unknown | 200 | Storm surge due to a tropical cyclone. |
28 May 2010 |
| Jhargram, West Bengal | 148 | 200 | Unknown, possible sabotage or bombing. |
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International:
The Rajdhani Express is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. Rajdhani, derived from the Sanskrit means "capital". Introduced in 1969, the trains are amongst the premium services operated by Indian Railways and regularly get a higher priority on the railway network.
The Coromandel Express is a daily premium train of the Indian Railways. The train runs down the east coast of India between Shalimar railway station, West Bengal, and Chennai Central railway station, Tamil Nadu. The train service is run by South Eastern Railway zone. The route travels across the eastern coast of India along the Bay of Bengal, called the Coromandel Coast, so giving the service its name.
On 13 February 2009, a passenger train derailment occurred at 19:45 local time near Jajpur in the eastern state of Odisha, India. Nine people were killed and 150 people were injured in the incident. Twelve carriages belonging to the Howrah–Chennai Coromandel Express are believed to have derailed following the train's departure from Jajapur Keonjhar Road station near Jajapur. The cause of the accident is currently unknown.
Bahanaga Bazar railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur–Puri line, part of the Howrah–Chennai main line under Kharagpur railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Asimila, Bahanaga in Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha. The station serves 14 trains daily, more than half of which remain within the state of Odisha.
On 2 June 2023, three trains collided in Balasore district in the east Indian state of Odisha. The accident occurred around 19:00 IST when Coromandel Express, a passenger train, collided with a stationary goods train near Bahanaga Bazar railway station on the Howrah–Chennai main line. Due to the high speed of the passenger train and the heavy tonnage of the goods train, the impact resulted in 21 coaches of the Coromandel Express derailing and three of those collided with the oncoming SMVT Bengaluru–Howrah Superfast Express on the adjacent track.
On 29 October 2023, two passenger trains collided in southern India's Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh state killing at least 14 people and leaving about 60 others injured. Three carriages of a stationary passenger train were derailed after it was hit by another train.
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