2001 Kadalundi train disaster

The Mangalore to Chennai Mail was crossing Bridge 924 over the Kadalundi River, between the Malappuram and Kozhikode districts of Kerala, on the evening of 22 June when six carriages left the rails and three fell into the river. Accounts published around the twenty-fifth anniversary record over 50 passengers killed. What caused the derailment was disputed, and the accounts quoted here do not settle on a single explanation.

Date
2001-06-22
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
59
What the pin marks
The bridge, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadalundi_River_rail_disaster

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: rail, derailment, kerala, disputed cause

Coordinates: 11.12861, 75.83139

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