India rail crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood

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India rail crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood

HARDA (MP): Several passengers were feared dead when two express trains on Tuesday night derailed while crossing a bridge on swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh, senior district officials said.

Kamayani Express enroute to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda, about 160kms from Bhopal, around 11.45pm while the Janata Express derailed around the same time.

"There was water on tracks and the bridge was submerged. So the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed. Simultaneously, on the other track the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed," Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.

He said that some casualties are feared.

Harda district collector Rajnish Shrivastava told PTI that derailment took place near Khirkiya and Harda station on Machak river.

Some bogies and engines of both the trains are in water, he said.

Hoshangabad division commissioner V K Batham said that Janata Express also derailed at the same spot on its way to Mumbai from Jabalpur.

A relief train carrying collector, SP, doctors and other railway staff is on the way, he said.

"Rushing emergency medical and other relief personnel to spot. darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Trying our best (sic), " Railway minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted.

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[dy1022]

RIP!

 

[Echo_419]

India rail crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood

HARDA (MP): Several passengers were feared dead when two express trains on Tuesday night derailed while crossing a bridge on swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh, senior district officials said.

Kamayani Express enroute to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda, about 160kms from Bhopal, around 11.45pm while the Janata Express derailed around the same time.

"There was water on tracks and the bridge was submerged. So the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed. Simultaneously, on the other track the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed," Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.

He said that some casualties are feared.

Harda district collector Rajnish Shrivastava told PTI that derailment took place near Khirkiya and Harda station on Machak river.

Some bogies and engines of both the trains are in water, he said.

Hoshangabad division commissioner V K Batham said that Janata Express also derailed at the same spot on its way to Mumbai from Jabalpur.

A relief train carrying collector, SP, doctors and other railway staff is on the way, he said.

"Rushing emergency medical and other relief personnel to spot. darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Trying our best (sic), " Railway minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted.

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[terranMarine]

Gosh how many Indian rail accidents do we have already this year?

 

[Yizhi]

RIP..

train derailed again? i recall there was one with huge casualty early this year.

 

[Ryuzaki]

I read somewhere that around 25,000 peple died last year in rail-related accidets(including crossing tracks when train in coming,as in small stations there is no foot over bridge)

 

[dray]

List of Indian rail incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Last year already 25006 Indians died and still so many derailment in India. Indian quality @Rain Man

I have already pointed out in another that a very large majority of those unfortunate deaths were due to accidents like getting hit by a train, and not train accidents.

However, the last train accident was due to wash out of soil in heavy rain and flood like condition, that soil underneath the rail line behaved like cheap unreliable chinese quality stuff.

Now, stop celebrating unfortunate human deaths for some cheap brownie points in an internet forum.

 

[DJ Crudept]

rip .
It's BIMARU area @terranMarine

 

[dray]

List of Indian rail incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All these accidents are not train accidents? Funny you say that

Those numbers are still lower than the number of escalator accidents in china.

 

[[Bregs]]

Those numbers are still lower than the number of escalator accidents in china.

lol

 

[MAJESTICAL]

RIP

 

[Aepsilons]

Rest in Peace !! Japan must help our friends rebuild their railway infrastructure.

 

[dray]

@terranMarine Rainman is one of those who blame others rather than themselves.

@AndrewJin Rainman is one of those who are too disgusted with the obnoxious chinese trolls in this forum. And please do use '@' next time when you mention me.

RIP!
This year I have heard too many train accidents in India. More progress should be made to improve this old railway system dating back to colonial era.

From my point of view, the problem of Indian railway is not just about outdated railway infra, but related to ill management. In this railway accident in Madhya Pradesh, if there were patrol on the railway to examine foreign body, they could have informed all railway drivers in seconds(if they have modern dispatching system and modern signalling system).

In July, there were a lot of train tunnels and bridges destroyed by flash floods in China. Among them, the most dangerous one was on the second day after the opening day of Guiyang-Xinhuang HSR, another one on Yichang-Wanzhou HSR was about underground river destroyed the wall of a 2km-long tunnel. But since there is a system to cope with foreign bodies on tracks to prevent derailment, not a single passenger was hurt.

Hope they can absorb some expertise from Indian railway university founded by China. Japan of course can provide first-class experiences to Indian railway and also build for them first-class railways and trains.

@anant_s Any professional comments from railway fans in India?

@terranMarine Rainman is one of those who blame others rather than themselves. And some of his followers rather believe 30-40 annual death toll from 2.5 million escalators in China due to lack of maintenance is more alarming then 20,000+ annual death toll from railway accidents in India, or should I say our lives are more previous than Indians? Some of them are those who never take railway accidents seriously and always blame Italian Sonia, blame Congress, blame British colonists(@mike2000 is back ), blame other countries processing too fast.

I'd like to see more these type of people around Modiji. In that case, Indian GDP can never even surpass poorer western China(2.2 trillion US dollar in 2014) due to their negative mindset, and the GDP of our top 2 provinces(Guangdong&Jiangsu) combined reached 2.1 trillion in 2014 with growth rate of 7.8% and 8.5％ respectively of first 6 months in 2015. The gap is growing bigger and bigger, and some of them continue to live in delusion, good news!
@cirr @TaiShang @rugering @Speeder 2 @XiangLong @Nihonjin1051 @ahojunk @sweetgrape

Since you are looking for professional comment, let me tell tell you that the ONLY real problem Indian Railway faces is the super low-cost, non-profit, socialist type model Indian Railway follows under the railway ministry. With such low revenue model it is barely possible to properly maintain what they have, forget about upgradation and improvement.

 

[AndrewJin]

@AndrewJin Rainman is one of those who are too disgusted with the obnoxious chinese trolls in this forum. And please do use '@' next time when you mention me.



Since you are looking for professional comment, let me tell tell you that the ONLY real problem Indian Railway faces is the super low-cost, non-profit, socialist type model Indian Railway follows under the railway ministry. With such low revenue model it is barely possible to properly maintain what they have, forget about upgradation and improvement.

I don't wanna reply or tag a delusional loser who thinks a railway accident not a big deal and brings in other countries' tragedy when his country is one of the most dangerous one. And such a disgusting person feels disgusted with others, why not look at yourself first? If u insist, OK, I reply you. And you think that is the ONLY real problem, then good luck. See if one day when u become rich and not have a per capita GDP less than Sub-Sahara Africa, will annual death toll become less than 20,000? Best wishes.

Several passengers feared dead as two trains derail in Madhya Pradesh - The Times of India
Have a look at comments, see how some of your countrymen cheer the tragedy happened in BJP's state.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

I'd like to see more these type of people around Modiji. In that case, Indian GDP can never even surpass poorer western China(2.2 trillion US dollar in 2014) due to their negative mindset, and the GDP of our top 2 provinces(Guangdong&Jiangsu) combined reached 2.1 trillion in 2014 with growth rate of 7.8% and 8.5％ respectively of first 6 months in 2015. The gap is growing bigger and bigger, and some of them continue to live in delusion, good news!
@cirr @TaiShang @rugering @Speeder 2 @XiangLong @Nihonjin1051 @ahojunk @sweetgrape

@waz
I am missing the point of India-China comparison on Indian railway train derailment thread