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The accident happened around 7.20 pm near Bahanaga Bazar station when the train was on the way to Chennai Central station from Shalimar station near Kolkata, they said..
The Kolkata bound Jammu Tawi- Sealdah Express rammed into six derailed Frontier Golden Temple Mail coaches bound for Amritsar near Khanna on the Khanna-Ludhiana section of India's Northern Railway in Punjab..
Considered the fastest train in India, Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed near Rafiganj station between Gaya and Dehri-on-Sone stations at 10.40 pm killing over 140 people..
A Mumbai-bound Howrah Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Deluxe Express got derailed by an explosion between Khemashuli and Sardiha in West Midnapore district at 1.30 am and got subsequently hit by a goods train..
A flash flood washed away a small rail bridge on 29 October 2005, and a "Delta Fast Passenger" train traveling on it derailed at the damaged section of the line, killing at least 114 people and injuring over 200 others..
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