Kolkata Train Incident

• Train derailment: Chidambaram suspects sabotage

  Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the train derailment in West Midnapore appeared to be an act of sabotage but it was not yet clear whether explosives were used to blast the tracks. "It appears to be a case of sabotage where a portion of the railway track was removed. Whether explosives were used is not yet clear," he said in a statem...

• Gyaneshwari Express derails, hit by goods train in Bengal; 71 dead, 200 injured

  At least 71 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train. (See Pics)The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about ...

• Gyaneshwari Express derails in West Bengal: List of trains affected

  At least 65 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.Following the mishap, a number of trains in the region have been cancelled and some h...

• Midnapore train mishap: List of injured

  At least 71 passengers were killed and 150 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The injured passengers were admitted in Khargpur Railway Hospital and Midnapore Medical College Hospital, the officials said. Here is th...

• Maximum death, damage caused by collision: Railways

  The Railways has said death and damage would have been far less in the train accident in West Bengal early on Friday if a goods train had not rammed the derailed coaches of the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express.  Vivek Sahai, member traffic, railways board, said 20 people were confirmed dead as of now and 104 had been injured. The maximum damag...

• Chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar

  Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.April 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours.May 2008 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for five hours.November 2009 - Maoists blow up railway tracks in Simdega district in Jharkhand derailing a passen...

• Railways was on alert for Maoist 'Black Day': Mamata

  Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has rushed to the site where the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express first derailed and then was hit by a goods train, has said the Railways was on red alert and there had been patrolling on the tracks just an hour before the incident happened. Mamata said the accident was caused by a blast. But there is stil...