Gaisal train collision

Two trains collided at Gaisal, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. A timeline of Indian rail accidents records 285 killed and 312 injured.

Date

1999-08-02

Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)

287

What the pin marks

The accident site, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaisal_train_collision

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: rail collision, india, west bengal

Coordinates: 26.18417, 88.08944

Part of Rail accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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