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| date = 10 July 2011
| time = 12:20 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] ([[UTC+05:30]])
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The '''Fatehpur derailment''' was the derailment of the train [[Kalka Mail]] near Fatehpur, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] on Sunday, 10 July 2011. Seventy people were killed and more than 300 injured in the accident.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Toll-climbs-to-70--300-injured/816260/ | title=Toll climbs to 70, 300 injured | author=indianexpress.com | date=12 July 2011 | accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref> Sources state that the train derailed following the sudden use of the emergency brake.<ref name="Kalka Train Accident by OneIndia">{{cite news|title=Kalka Train Accident by OneIndia|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/07/10/kalka-mail-accident-derailed-near-kanpur-many-injured-aid0101.html|accessdate=10 July 2011|newspaper=OneIndia}}</ref>

== Overview ==

The accident occurred at 12:20, when the 15 coaches of [[Kalka Mail|Howrah-Kalka Mail]] derailed near Malwan.<ref name="toi"/> The train had left Howrah and was heading towards Kalka when the incident happened.<ref name="toi"/> The number of passengers on board was not immediately known, though initial reports said that up to a thousand people were on the train at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14099270 |title=India: Train crash in Uttar Pradesh kills dozens |publisher=BBC News Online |date=10 July 2011 |accessdate=11 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/605QdCgoK?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14099270 |archivedate=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>

The train was travelling at the speed of 108 km/h on the Howrah - New Delhi Line when it derailed.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|title=Times of India - Kalka Accident|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-10/india/29757495_1_bogies-relief-trains-derailment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806041650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-10/india/29757495_1_bogies-relief-trains-derailment|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2011|accessdate=10 July 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 July 2011}}</ref>

Fire and sparks were reported in the AC compartments of the train.<ref name="Kalka Train Accident by OneIndia" /> The coaches were being cut with gas cutters and more than 200 policemen were involved in conducting rescue operations.<ref name="Kalka Train Accident by Hindustan Times">{{cite news|title=CNBC TV 18 Report on Kalka Accident|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/kalka-express-derailedup-35-dead_564104.html|accessdate=10 July 2011|newspaper=CNBC TV 18}}</ref>

The [[Indian Army]] deployed 100 soldiers to the accident site, and two rescue trains from [[Kanpur]] and [[Prayagraj]] (Formerly known as Allahabad) also went to the location.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 July 2011|title=Kalka Derailment by News Worms|newspaper=News Worms|url=http://www.newsworms.com/news_detail.php?ncatId=57&pcatid=36&news_id=4861|url-status=dead|accessdate=10 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013133/http://www.newsworms.com/news_detail.php?ncatId=57&pcatid=36&news_id=4861|archivedate=17 March 2012|df=dmy}}</ref>

As per [[The Times of India]] report dated 05-08-2011; it was a fault in the rail track that derailed the Delhi-bound Howrah-Kalka Mail on 10 July, where 70 people were killed.

The inquiry conducted by chief commissioner of railway safety in its preliminary report revealed that the cause of the accident was "failure of equipment -permanent way", or a breakage in the rail track.

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{{2011 railway accidents}}
{{Disasters in India in 2011}}

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