2005 Ghotki rail crash

2005 train crash in Pakistan July 2026 Ghotki rail crash 13 July 2005 Ghotki Pakistan Karachi to Rawalpindi Pakistan Railways Collision Incorrectly set points Signal malfunction 3 more than 100 1000 The Ghotki rail crash occurred on 13 July 2005, at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) near Ghotki, Pakistan. No. 24 Dn train (Quetta Express) stopped at the station of Sarhad was hit from behind by the following Karachi Express (No. 16 Dn) train, causing several cars to derail; these were then hit by a third train running in the opposite direction (Tezgam). A total of seventeen train cars, carrying over 3000 passengers, were wrecked. Estimates of the death toll ranged as high as over 130. It was the worst train accident in Pakistan in fifteen years. Accident The Quetta Express was stopped at Sarhad station because of a fault in the brakes when the Karachi Express travelling from Lahore to Karachi on the same line half an hour later and moving at about 120 km/h (75 mph), collided with it from behind. http://www.pakistanrail.com/accid/khotki.htm News: Ghotki Trains Crash Pakistan Railways 5 March 2006 13 December 2016 15 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170215054403/http://pakistanrail.com/accid/khotki.htm dead https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4677595.stm Pakistan train disaster kills 132 BBC News 19 July 2005 An emergency brake application after the crew saw the tail light of the stopped train could not prevent the collision because of insufficient braking power; two coaches had been isolated from the train braking system. The collision caused at least three train cars to derail onto the opposite direction track, where they were subsequently hit by Tezgam, heading from Karachi to Rawalpindi. More cars were derailed by this second impact, bringing the total to thirteen. All three trains were full of passengers, as trains often are in Pakistan. a total of seventeen cars were wrecked, with over 3000 passengers. The Ghotki crash was the worst rail accident in Pakistan since the 1990 Sukkur rail disaster.https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/world/asia/3train-crash-kills-127-in-pakistan.html 3-train crash kills 127 in Pakistan The New York Times 14 July 2005 The exact number killed was not originally known; initial reports were of 109,Haris Zamir Khalid Qayum https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=agOCVQfRCCIM&refer=asia Pakistan Triple-Train Crash Leaves 109 People Dead (Update 2) https://web.archive.org/web/20050911033413/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=agOCVQfRCCIM&refer=asia 13 July 2005 11 September 2005 120,Raheel Junejo http://pakistantimes.net/2005/07/13/top.htm Pakistan Times 13 July 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20090430152918/http://pakistantimes.net/2005/07/13/top.htm 30 April 2009 usurped Worst Rail Crash: Kills 100s with injuries to 1000 in Pakistan 127, or more than 130 deaths,http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8557203 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030034900/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8557203/ dead 30 October 2013 Death toll in Pakistan train crash rises to 133 NBC News AP 14 July 2005 with many critically injured. Causes Initially the conductor or driver of the Karachi Express was believed to have missed or misread a signal, but subsequent investigations found that the signalling system was faulty and the crew had misjudged which signal was wrong. Also the points had not been set to direct the train to the loop line. See also List of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan References External links Train crash in southern Pakistan kills more than a hundred 28 02 13 N 69 25 02 E region:PK-SD_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki title Category:2005 disasters in Pakistan Category:Railway accidents in 2005 Rail crash Category:Train collisions in Pakistan Category:Transport in Sindh Category:21st century in Sindh Category:Government of Shaukat Aziz Category:Accidents and incidents involving Pakistan Railways Category:July 2005 in Pakistan