The train, which was coming in at a high speed rammed into the dead end at the terminal. The train's half of the first coach went through the platform.
The maintenance of track is increasingly becoming mechanised and capital-intensive.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's image of holding the World Cup trophy at Wankhede has been immortalised in cricketing folklore but not many know that Indian cricket's poster boy was once a ticket collector at the Kharagpur railway station.
8 bogies of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 52 injured.
Seven coaches of a suburban train travelling from Mumbai's Andheri to Churchgate station, have derailed between Andheri and Vile Parle. Details awaited.
Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of those killed in the train mishap in Bihar's Khagaria district and ordered an inquiry into it.
UP police said that a three-foot portion of the track where the train derailed was missing.
9 passengers were killed and 16 seriously injured when 9 bogies derailed.
'It is not as bad an airline as it is made out to be: We serve wonderful food, the leg space is more, our cabin crew is warm and friendly.' 'The customer needs to be apprised of these things.'
'Making the railways better is a different type of a challenge.'
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