Seemanchal Express derailment: A list of recent train accidents

Here’s a list of major train mishaps that happened in recent times:

February 02, 2019: A super fast train between Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur and Rajasthan’s Ajmer derailed near Jaipur on Friday, officials said. The engine of the Dayodaya Express overturned and the immediate coach after it derailed near Sanganer railway station — 15 km south of Jaipur — around 1 pm, a North Western Railway spokesperson said.

October 19, 2018 – At least 59 people were killed and several others injured when two speeding trains mowed down people standing on the tracks near a railway crossing in Amritsar. The victims were watching a Ravan effigy being burnt at a Dussehra celebration. At least 300 spectators were present at the Dhobi Ghat ground, barely 2 km from the Amritsar station. Many of them stood on the tracks close to the Jaura Phatak crossing to get a better view and were taking videos of the burning Ravan as the first of the trains, 74643 Jalandhar-Amritsar DMU, ran them over. READ MORE