The Amtrak train derailment in the United States has highlighted the fact that train derailment is not an India-specific problem and that all over the world, railway systems suffer accidents, according to safety experts who have commented on the train disaster.
Fire broke out in the engine of Machilipatnam express but was immediately doused.
At least 19 people have been killed after a shuttle train hit a passenger bus in the Vladimir region east of Moscow.
16 coaches of a goods train derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack, affecting the rail traffic bypassing the district.
A coach of Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed at the New Delhi Railway station.
Seven coaches of the Jabalpur- bound Shaktikunj Express derailed in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
The engine and seven coaches of the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express derailed on early Tuesday morning near the Titwala station, a small town in Maharashtra’s Kalyan.
In another train derailment accident, four front coaches of Suburban CST-Andheri local train derailed near Mahim in Mumbai.
The rescue operation for the Kaifiyat Express derailment, which happened in the wee hours of Wednesday, is over.
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