1957 Gambar train crash

Gambar Train Crash
Details
Date	September 29, 1957
Location	Gambar Railway Station, Pakistan
Coordinates	30.7500°N 73.3315°E
Country	Pakistan
Line	Karachi–Peshawar main railway line
Operator	Pakistan Railways
Incident type	Train collision
Cause	Lack of signals; Allowing two trains into same occupied block section;
Statistics
Trains	2
Deaths	300
Injured	150

On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.[1][2][3]

References

"Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Edgar A. Haine. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
"More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. 31 (9, 289). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[2] Edgar A. Haine. Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[3] "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. 31 (9, 289). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Railway accidents in 1957 (1957)
Location and date	Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom (7 January) Gambar, Pakistan (29 September) Yarımburgaz, Turkey (20 October) Lewisham, United Kingdom (4 December) Codogno, Italy (9 December)
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