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Indore-Patna Express disaster: Major train accidents in recent times
Updated On: 22 November, 2016 07:00 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
<p>In the wake of the Indore-Patna Express train tragedy, which has claimed over 140 lives, here a look at some of the major train accidents in the country in recent times. Pics/PTI/AFP</p>


November 20, 2016: The death toll in one of the worst rail accidents in the country that took place on Sunday, November 20 when the Indore-Patna Express rolled off the tracks near Kanpur, rose to over 140. Over 150 people were injured in the tragedy when 14 coaches of the train ran off the rails near Pukhrayan station, about 60 km from Kanpur city. The worst hit were the sleeper coaches S1, S2, S3 and S4.
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