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{{Short description|1995 train crash near Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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The '''Firozabad rail collision''' occurred on 20 August 1995 near [[Firozabad]] on the [[Delhi]]-[[Kanpur]] section of India's [[Northern Railway Zone (India)|Northern Railway]], at 02:55<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/fe0399/f0603991.html |title=Feature |publisher=Pib.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref> when a passenger train collided with a train which had stopped after hitting a [[nilgai]], killing 358 people<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/3000-feared-dead-or-injured-in-north-korean-train-crash-756436.html|title=The world's worst train accidents since 1900|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=2012-09-01|location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (although some sources estimate the deaths at more than 400).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html|title=Chronology of railways in India, Part 5 (1995 - present)|publisher=Irfca.org|accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref> The accident happened in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]; both trains were bound for the Indian capital, New Delhi. The first train, the [[Kalindi Express]] from Kanpur, struck a nilgai but was unable to proceed as its brakes were damaged. It was then struck from behind at a speed of 70 km/h<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emergency-management.net/train_acc_india.htm|title=The Leading Emergency Management Site on the Net|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Emergency-management.net|accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref> by the [[Purushottam Express]] from [[Puri]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Three carriages of the Kalindi Express were destroyed, the engine and front two carriages of the Puri train were derailed. Most of the 2200 passengers aboard the two trains were asleep at the time of the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/300-die-after-indian-train-hits-cow-1597260.html|title=300 die after Indian train hits cow|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=2012-09-01|location=London|first=Ranjan|last=Roy|date=1995-08-21}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of train accidents by death toll]]
*[[List of Indian rail accidents]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*[http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9508/india_train_wreck/index.html Train crash kills at least 250 in India], report from [[CNN]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130828225846/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trains-collide-and-explode-in-india Trains collide and explode in India]

==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20130123153536/http://www.firozabadcity.com/?p=10 Firozabad's deadliest Train Accident that killed more than 300]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021017131939/http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/journey2002/train.wrecks.html Hell on Wheels (Going off the Tracks) by Meenakshi Ganguly] from ''[[Time magazine]]''
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/897 Kalindi Express]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/1304 Purushottam Express]

{{1995 railway accidents}}

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[[Category:Railway accidents in 1995]]
[[Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:History of Uttar Pradesh (1947–present)]]
[[Category:1995 disasters in India]]
[[Category:Firozabad]]
[[Category:August 1995 events in Asia]]

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