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{{Short description|2017 train derailment incident in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox public transit accident
| name = Auraiya train derailment
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.698743|79.411477|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| date = 23 August 2017
| time = {{abbr|Approx.|Approximately}} 02:50 hours ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]])
| location = [[Auraiya district|Auraiya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| location_dir =
| location_city =
| location_dist_km =
| location_dist_mi =
| country = [[India]]
| type = [[Derailment]]
| cause =
| bus =
| trains = 1
| injuries = 74
}}

On 23 August 2017, the [[Kaifiyat Express]] train derailed between the Pata and Achalda railway stations in [[Auraiya district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]], injuring at least 80 people.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Rashid |first=Omar |date=23 August 2017 |title=Kaifiyat Express derails in Auraiya district of UP, 50 injured The Hindu |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kaifiyat-express-derails-in-auraiya-district-of-up-50-injured/article19543823.ece |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |accessdate=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910094449/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kaifiyat-express-derails-in-auraiya-district-of-up-50-injured/article19543823.ece |archive-date=10 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/848292/railways-asks-public-to-submit-proof-to-help-its-inquiry-into-kaifiyat-express-derailment|title=Railways asks public to submit proof to help its inquiry into Kaifiyat Express derailment|last=|first=|date=24 August 2017|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125155326/https://scroll.in/latest/848292/railways-asks-public-to-submit-proof-to-help-its-inquiry-into-kaifiyat-express-derailment |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> This was the second train derailment within a week after the [[Kalinga Utkal Express]] [[2017 Khatauli train derailment|derailed]] near Khatauli on 19 August 2017 in the [[Muzaffarnagar district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/uttar-pradesh-train-derailment-kills-passengers-170819170406483.html|title=Train derails in Uttar Pradesh, more than 20 killed|work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=20 August 2017|accessdate=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801124702/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/uttar-pradesh-train-derailment-kills-passengers-170819170406483.html|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Accident==
The train collided with a dump truck on the line, causing ten coaches of the Kaifiyat Express to derail.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> At least 80 people were injured,<ref name=":1" /> with four in critical condition at the time of the accident. The critical victims were shifted to the Etawah district hospital.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Kaifiyat Express derails in Auraiya district of UP, 74 injured |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/kaifiyat-express-derails-in-auraiya-district-of-up-50-injured/articleshow/60184176.cms |accessdate=6 February 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=23 August 2017}}</ref> The railway administration lodged a complaint against the truck driver and a contractor with a construction company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/high-level-probe-ordered-into-derailment-of-kaifiyat-express/articleshow/60198384.cms|title=High level probe ordered into derailment of Kaifiyat Express|last=Malhotra|first=Abhinav|last2=|date=23 August 2017|website=The Times of India|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824035631/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/high-level-probe-ordered-into-derailment-of-kaifiyat-express/articleshow/60198384.cms |archive-date=24 August 2017 |access-date=2020-01-25|last3=|first3=}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
[[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF) personnel were sent to join the rescue operation at the scene and all trains on the route were cancelled until the rescue operations concluded and the track was ready for service.<ref name=":2" />

==Response==
Railway Minister [[Suresh Prabhu]] stated that the injured had been shifted to nearby hospitals.<ref name=":2" /> After this accident he offered to resign his ministership, but the sitting prime minister [[Narendra Modi]] asked him to wait further.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/suresh-prabhu-narendra-modi-indian-railways-train-derailment-1030967-2017-08-23|title=Suresh Prabhu offers to quit as railway minister over train accidents, PM Narendra Modi asks him to wait|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085727/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/suresh-prabhu-narendra-modi-indian-railways-train-derailment/1/1032066.html|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kuneru train derailment]]
* [[Pukhrayan train derailment]]
* [[2017 Khatauli train derailment]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2017 railway accidents}}
{{Disasters in India in 2017}}

[[Category:2017 disasters in India]]
[[Category:August 2017 in India]]
[[Category:Derailments in India]]
[[Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway accidents in 2017]]
[[Category:Auraiya district]]

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