1957 Gambar train crash
Train collision in Pakistan
30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E / 30.7500; 73.3315- Lack of signals
- Allowing two trains into same occupied block section
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
- ^ "Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Edgar A. Haine. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "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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Railway accidents in 1957 (1957)
- Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom (7 January)
- Staines, United Kingdom
- Gambar, Pakistan (29 September)
- Yarımburgaz, Turkey (20 October)
- Lewisham, United Kingdom (4 December)
- Codogno, Italy (9 December)
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