1957 Gambar train crash

Train collision in Pakistan
30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E / 30.7500; 73.3315CountryPakistanLineKarachi–Peshawar main railway lineOperatorPakistan RailwaysIncident typeTrain collisionCause
  1. Lack of signals
  2. Allowing two trains into same occupied block section
StatisticsTrains2Deaths300Injured150

On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ Edgar A. Haine. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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