New Delhi: The train accident in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when a speeding Delhi-bound Kalka Mail derailed killing at least 35 people and injuring over 100 was the worst rail mishap this year.
Following is the chronology of major train accidents in the country since 2000:
Dec 3, 2000: Forty-six people were killed and over 130 injured as the Howrah-Amritsar Mail rammed into a derailed goods train between Sarai Banjara and Sadhugarh in Punjab.
June 22, 2001: Forty people were killed when the Mangalore-Chennai Mail fell into Kadalundi river near Kozhikode in Kerala.
January 5, 2002: 21 people were killed and 41 injured when the Secundarabad-Manmad Express train rammed into a stationary goods train at Ghatnandur station in Maharashtra.
May 12, 2002: Twelve people were killed when the New Delhi-Patna Shramjeevi Express derailed in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.
June 4, 2002: Thirty-four were killed when the Kasgunj Express rammed into a bus at a rail crossing.
Sept 9, 2002: 100 passengers were killed and 150 hurt when a bogie of Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express plunged into Dhave river in Bihar's Aurangabad district.
Sept 10, 2002: 120 were killed when the Kolkata-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed over a bridge in Bihar.
May 15, 2003: Thirty eight passengers were killed and 13 injured when three coaches of the Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail caught fire.
June 22, 2003: 53 were killed and 25 injured when the Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special train derailed after crossing Vaibhavwadi Station in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.
July 2, 2003: A train engine and two adjoining coaches fell off a bridge in Warangal, killing 18 people.
February 27, 2004: 30 people were killed when the Guwahati-bound Kanchenjunga Express rammed into a truck at an unmanned level-crossing in West Bengal's Dinajpur district.
December 15, 2004: 34 people, including 11 women, died and nearly 50 injured when the Ahmedabad-bound Jammu Tawi Express collided head-on with a local train, about 40 km from Jalandhar, in Punjab.
November 9, 2006: Nearly 40 died and 15 injured in a West Bengal rail accident.
December 1, 2006: A portion of 150-year-old bridge, which was being dismantled, collapsed over a passing train in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, killing 35 and injuring 17.
November 14, 2009: The Delhi-bound Mandore Express derailed with some portion of the track piercing its AC compartment, leaving seven passengers dead and over 60 injured in Bassi town near Jaipur.
October 21, 2009: Twenty-two people were killed and 26 injured when the Goa Express rammed into the Mewar Express at Banjana on the Mathura-Vrindavan section of the Northern Railway in Uttar Pradesh.
May 28, 2010: The Howrah-Kurla Jyaneshwari Express was derailed by Naxals in West Midnapore district killing at least 148 people.
July 19, 2010: The speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express rammed into the Vanachal Express at Sainthia station in West Bengal's Birbhum district killing at least 60 people.
April 18, 2011: Hundreds of passengers on board the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape when fire broke out in three coaches and the pantry car as the train was passing through Rajasthan.
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