MAJOR RAIL DISASTERS

Nov 26, 1998 212 killed as Calcuttabound Jammu Tawi-sealdah Express collided with six derailed coaches of the Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail in Khanna

June 22, 2001 52 killed when three coaches of Mangalore-madras Mail tumbled into Kadalundi river in Kerala

Sept 9, 2002 100 passengers were killed when a bogie of Howrahdelhi Rajdhani Express fell into the Dhave river in Bihar

Jan 5, 2002 21 died after the Secunderabad-manmad express rammed into a stationary goods train in Maharashtra

May 15, 2003 38 were killed when three coaches of Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail caught fire

June 22, 2003 53 people were killed when 3 coaches and engine of the Karwar-mumbai train derailed in Maharashtra

Feb 27, 2004 30 killed when the Guwahati-bound Kanchenjunga Express rammed into a truck at an unmanned level-crossing in West Bengal

May 28, 2010 148 people died when Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal. July 19, 2010 63 died when an express train heading for Kolkata rammed into another train

July 10, 2011 63 dead after an express train, travelling from Kolkata to Delhi, derails in UP

Aug 4, 2015 25 killed when bogies of Kamayani Express derailed and fell into Machak river in Madhya Pradesh

March 20, 2015 39 killed when Dehradun-varanasi Janata Express derailed in Rae Bareli

Nov 20, 2016 149 died in UP when Indore-patna Express derailed

Jan 22, 2017 27 people were killed when Jagdalpur-bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express train derailed in Andhra Pradesh

August 18, 2017 23 people were killed in derailment of Puri-haridwar-kalinga Express train in UP