On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.[1][2][3]
Gambar Train Crash | |
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Details | |
Date | September 29, 1957 |
Location | Gambar Railway Station, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E |
Country | Pakistan |
Line | Karachi–Peshawar main railway line |
Operator | Pakistan Railways |
Incident type | Train collision |
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Statistics | |
Trains | 2 |
Deaths | 300 |
Injured | 150 |
See also
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edit- ^ "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Haine, Edgar A. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. p. 178. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Trains collide in Pakistan — History.com This Day in History — 9/29/1957". web.archive.org. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2024-11-10.