List of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan

Pakistan Railways is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan with its headquarters in Lahore. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns 7,789 kilometers (4,840 miles) of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger services, covering 488 operational stations across Pakistan.

Statistics There have been 27 major railway accidents during March 16, 2002 to June 7, 2021. There have been 537 railway accidents from June 2019 to June 2024 including 313 leading to loss of life or serious injury. Federal Government Inspector of Railways said that they are seeing a decline in railway accidents in the last 4 years. This is an incomplete chronological list of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan.

1950s 1953: about 200 people were killed in a railway accident at Jhampeer.Major train accidents in Pakistan, DAWN, July 14, 2005 1954: about 60 people were killed in an accident at Jung Shahi. 29 September 1957: 1957 Gambar train crash - Deaths 300, Injured 150.

1990s 4 January 1990: Sukkur rail disaster 8 June 1991:

2000s DateAccident LocationTrainsCauseDeathsInjuredRefs16 March 2002A train from Lahore to Faisalabad derailed at Qila Sattar Shah railway stationnear Sheikhupura171526 Sept 2002Quetta Express derailednear Sibi1as a railway bridge on the Sibi-Jacobabad section collapsed75720 Sept 2003A train collided with a busnear Malikwal, Mandi Bahauddin district1281013 July 20052005 Ghotki rail crashat the Sarhad railway station, about 49km from Sukkur3three passenger trains collided130100030 Jan 2006A train from Rawalpindi to Lahore derailed resulting 6 of its coaches fell into a deep ravineat Domaili near Jhelum44019 December 2007Mehrabpur derailment50200Pakistan lowers train death toll, BBC News, 20 December 2007.3 Nov 2009Allama Iqbal Express collided head-on with a goods train in Karachi.1845

2010s DateAccident LocationTrainsCauseDeathsInjuredRefs30 Aug 2011Karachi-bound Khyber Mail ran into a stationary passenger trainnearly two kilometres from the Badami Bagh Railway Station in Lahore31825 July 2013A train heading to Rawalpindi from Lahore derailednear Gujranwala City railway station2Several7 May 2014Karakoram Express derailednear the Bandhi railway station, 55km from Nawabshah21511 Nov 2014A collision between a passenger coach and trucknear the Theri Bypass in Khairpur58Several2 July 20152015 Gujranwala derailmentnear Gujranwala.3 bogies of army official's special train fell into a canal and another one derailed as a railway bridge collapsed19100+19 July 2015A collision between car and a Karachi-bound Green Line (Pakistan Railways)at an unnamed railway crossing at the Palijani railway station yard in Matiari6 (family)17 November 2015Aab-e-Gum derailmentat Aab-e-Gum1Jaffar Express derailed on its way from Quetta to Rawlpindi.209615 Sept 2016Karachi-bound Awam Express Train collided with a freight trainnear Multan6150+8 Oct 2016A freight train collided with a bus carrying workers of a factoryat Landa level-crossing near Gujjar Chowk14103 November 2016Karachi rail crash, Bahauddin Zakaria Express from Multan rammed into Fareed Express from Lahorenear Karachi's Landhi Junction railway station2240+6 Jan 2017A train crushed two motorized rickshaws on an un-gated crossingin Punjab's Lodhran district7 (schoolchildren)128 March 2017Karachi-bound Shalimar Express collided with an oil tankerin Punjab's Sheikhupura district2524 Dec 20183 coaches of Shalimar Express derailed and hit Millat Express stationed at an adjacent trackat the Resalewala train crossing in Faisalabad1620 June 2019Jinnah Express, hit a freight carnear Hyderabad3Several11 July 2019Quetta-bound Akbar Express crashed into the back of a goods trainat Walhar railway station’s loop line, near Sadiqabad2118531 Oct 20192019 Tezgam train fire Tezgam Express caught firenear Rahim Yar Khan7440 2020s DateAccident LocationTrainsCauseDeathsInjuredRefs28 Feb 2020A bus crossing an unstaffed railway crossing was crushed by the Lahore-bound Pakistan Express train coming from Karachinear Rohri 11930+3 July 2020Shah Hussain Express train rammed into a coasternear Sheikhupura in Punjab20 (19 Sikh pilgrims)7 March 2021several coaches of the Lahore-bound Karachi Express derailedbetween Mando Dero and Sangi railway station near Rohri.1307 June 20212021 Ghotki rail crashnear Daharki, a city located in the Ghotki district of upper Sindh2 passenger trains collided65150+27 April 20232023 Karachi Express train firenear Tando Masti Khan7Unknown6 August 20232023 Hazara Express derailmentnear Nawabshah, in Sindh.30100+24 September 2023A passenger train collided with a freight trainIn Sheikhupura31

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