5 Deadliest Train Accidents in India So far
In june 1981, a typhoon caused 7 carriages of a crowded train to fall into a river, killing 800 people.
August 1995: In this terrible disaster, which took place 200 miles from Delhi, more than 350 people perished.
August 1999: Two trains carrying 2500 passengers crashed at the outlying station of Gaisal, West Bengal, killing at least 285 persons, according to official reports.
A railway disaster is said to have claimed the lives of 77 persons in Velugonda, Andhra Pradesh, in october 2005.
In July 2011, a tragic railway disaster in Fatehpur claimed the lives of between 70 and 300 persons and it was dreadful.