MUMBAI: On Sunday afternoon, two coaches of an unoccupied local train derailed while entering a car shed from Mumbai Central, impacting services on the Western Railway. The incident occurred around 12.10 pm during a routine maintenance procedure when the train was being moved into the car shed. No passengers were on board, and no injuries…
CHENNAI: A packed express train travelling at 75kmph rear-ended a stationary freight rake on the outskirts of Chennai at 8.30pm Friday, causing at least 12 passenger coaches to derail and sparking a fire in the parcel van. At least 20 passengers on Mysuru–Darbhanga Bagmati Express were injured but there was no casualty reported.Bagmati Express entered…
CHENNAI: A major train accident occurred on the outskirts of Chennai on Friday night, when an express train, fully packed with passengers, collided with a stationary goods train at Kavarapettai in Thiruvallur district around 8:30 pm. Two compartments caught fire, and four AC coaches were derailed, though there was no official word on the death…
RAJKOT: A plot to derail a train near Botad was unearthed on Tuesday with the arrest of three people who reportedly confessed to the devious scheme so that they could rob the injured passengers and repay heavy debt.Police and other law enforcement agencies had initiated a probe into the attempt to derail the Okha-Bhavnagar train…
LUCKNOW: In the wee hours of Monday, Delhi bound Swatantrata Senani Express’s (12561) loco-engine suffered failure, after it hit a wooden log lying on rail track between Ghazipur Ghat and Ghazipur City railway station. The log was dragged for nearly half-a-km, before the express came to a halt. The train was cruising at 100kmph, and…
LUCKNOW: In the wee hours of Monday, Delhi bound Swatantrata Senani Express’s (12561) loco-engine suffered failure, after it hit a wooden log lying on rail track between Ghazipur Ghat and Ghazipur City railway station. The log was dragged for nearly half-a-km, before the express came to a halt. The train was cruising at 100kmph, and…
POTOBERA/RANCHI: Two people were killed and eight injured early Tuesday after the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed 60km from Jamshedpur in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, after it hit a derailed wagon of a goods train running on the adjacent track.Seventeen coaches of the Mumbai-bound train detached – including a pantry car and a power car – in…
NEW DELHI: Four people were killed and 20 injured when eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.“Train number 15904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express that left Wednesday night from Chandigarh derailed near Gonda Junction station between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations at around 2:37 pm on Thursday under the jurisdiction of…
