Nearly 300 people were killed and over 900 were injured in a major accident involving three trains, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train, in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday
The accident took place on June 6, 1981. At least 800 people were killed when seven rear coaches of an overcrowded passenger train were blown off the track and fell into the Bagmati river during a cyclone at Balaghat. The overloaded passenger train was going from Mansi to Saharsa
An express train plunged into a monsoon-swollen lake near Quilon killing at least 106 people on July 8, 1988. The train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala and 10 carriages of the train fell into the water
On August 20, 1995, at least 350 people died when two trains collided in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. A passenger train collided with a train that had stopped after hitting a nilgai. Kalindi Express from Kanpur struck a nilgai, which was hit by the Purushottam Express from Puri
The accident happened on August 2, 1999, when two trains collided at a remote station of Gaisal in West Bengal. The crash occurred late at night due to a signalling error, when the Avadh Assam Express from New Delhi collided with the Brahmaputra mail at Gaisal railway station in West Bengal. Nearly 300 people were killed in the collision
Several coaches of a passenger train derailed in Andhra Pradesh, near Velugonda when it was attempting to cross tracks washed away by a flood. Nearly 100 people were killed and 92 others were injured
At least 146 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh. On November 20, 2016, the Indore–Patna Express 19321 derailed near Pukhrayan, Kanpur at around 3:10 am and around fourteen carriages were derailed
Around 70 people were killed and over 300 injured on July 10, 2011 when the 15 coaches of Howrah-Kalka Mail derailed near Malwan. Fire and sparks were reported in the AC compartments of the train, which led to the mishap
A commuter train ran through a crowd gathered on the tracks for a festival in Punjab’s Amritsar, killing at least 59 people and injuring 57. The crowd had gathered on the tracks to watch the Dussehra celebrations