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| date = 20 March 2015
| time = 09:10
| location = Bachhrawan, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
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| type = Derailment
| cause = Under investigation, brake failure suspected and overshot a red signal

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| injuries = 150+
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The '''2015 Uttar Pradesh train accident''' occurred on 20 March 2015. The [[Varanasi Dehradun Express|Dehradun Varanasi ''Janata Express'']] (train number 14266) derailed near Bachhrawan in [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], northern India, resulting in at least 58 deaths and 150 people being injured. The accident was attributed to brake failure.

==Accident==
At 09:10 [[India Standard Time|local time]] (03:40 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) on 20 March 2015,<ref name=NDTV748171>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/train-derails-in-uttar-pradeshs-bachharwan-748171?pfrom=home-lateststories |title=32 Die as Train Derails Near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, 50 People Injured |first=Niha |last=Mahesh |publisher=[[NDTV India]]|accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> a passenger train overshot a signal at {{rws|Bachhrawan}}, Uttar Pradesh, India. The locomotive and two carriages were derailed. The train was reported to be carrying more than 400 passengers and 85 members of staff.<ref name=Reuters200315>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/india-accident-idUSKBN0MG1K020150320 |title=Indian train accident kills at least 30, leaves 50 injured |first=Sharat |last=Pradhan |date=20 March 2015 |agency=Reuters|accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> The train was the ''Janata Express'' from {{rws|Dehradun}} to [[Varanasi Junction railway station|Varanasi]].<ref name=BBC31979496/> The driver reported by radio that his brakes had failed, and that he could not stop the train. It was diverted into a siding and crashed through the buffers at Bachhrawan.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Photographs show that the carriage next to the locomotive was severely telescoped,<ref name=BBC31979496>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31979496 |title=India train accident kills at least 34 in Uttar Pradesh |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2015 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> it was reported to have been packed with passengers.<ref name=Hindu701486>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/6-killed-several-injured-in-up-train-derailment/article7014856.ece?homepage=true |title=34 killed as train derails in Rae Bareli |first=Sandeep |last=Joshi |work=The Hindu |date=20 March 2015 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> Fifty-eight people were killed, and more than 150 injured.<ref name=IBN535066>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/30-dead-150-injured-as-three-coaches-of-janta-express-train-derail-in-raebareli/535066-3-242.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322234311/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/30-dead-150-injured-as-three-coaches-of-janta-express-train-derail-in-raebareli/535066-3-242.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2015 |title=30 dead, 150 injured as three coaches of Janta Express train derail in Raebareli |first=Marya |last=Shakil |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> A preliminary report by the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] cited 39 dead and 38 injured passengers.<ref name="prelim">{{cite web |title=Preliminary Report About Inquiry into the Derailment of 14266 Down Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express at Baccharawan Station Near Raibareli in UP |publisher=Ministry of Civil Aviation |accessdate=10 February 2016 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=118265}}</ref> A team of doctors from the [[King George's Medical University]] in Lucknow was dispatched to the scene of the accident.<ref name=NDTV748171/> The injured were taken to the King George's Medical University and [[Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences]] in Lucknow, or to a hospital in [[Rae Bareli]].<ref name=TOI46632031>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/30-dead-150-injured-as-train-derails-in-UPs-Rae-Bareli/articleshow/46632031.cms? |title=38 dead, 150 injured as train derails in UP's Rae Bareli |first1=Shailvee |last1=Sharda |first2=Yusra |last2=Husain |work=The Times of India |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>

==Investigation==
An investigation was opened into the accident by the [[Commission of Railway Safety]]. Brake failure was stated by unidentified railway sources as the cause of the accident.<ref name=NDTV748171/> The train's driver and guard were seen by witnesses signalling that there was a problem with the train.<ref name=TOI46632031/>

Provisional findings of the Commission of Railway Safety discussed on a conference in October 2015 report a "discontinuity of brake pipe pressure between the train engine and the trailing load of passenger coaches caused by wrong position of additional cut out cock provided in the brake pipe of the locomotive which is not having the safety features specified in the design against inadvertent or unauthorized operation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agenda for CME's Conference |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/Traction/2015/Agenda_CME_conf_061015.pdf |website=indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Indian rail incidents]]
*[[List of rail accidents (2010–2019)]]

==References==
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