A Look At Deadliest Train Accidents In India


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1981: A train fell into the river Bagmati while crossing a bridge in Bihar, killing over 800 people

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1995: Over 300 died after the Kalindi Express collided with the Purushottam Express in Ferozabad near Agra

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1998: Sealdah Express collided with a derailed train in Punjab, killing at least 210 people

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1999: Gaisal train disaster occurred when the Brahmaputra Mail crashed into the stationary Avadh Assam Express, killing 300

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2002: Kolkata-New Delhi Rajdhani plunged into the swollen Dhabi River, killing at least 120 people

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2010: Jnaneswari Express crashed into a goods train in West Bengal and killed 146 people

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2016: The Indore-Patna Express train derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 150 passengers

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2023: Around 300 people were killed and more than 1,000 were left injured in a horrific three-train collision in Odisha's Balasore

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