Ninety-four mail and express trains and 140 passenger trains have been cancelled due to the protests, while 65 mail and express and 30 passenger trains were partially cancelled.
A UP-based woman erected a makeshift stand with her red saree on the tracks to alert the train driver. Her presence of mind averted a possible mishap. Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma also hailed the woman's actions.
The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system has been built to help the Railways achieve the goal of “zero accidents”.
The deceased has been identified as Nitish Kumar, a resident of Warsaliganj ward number 19. He was wearing earphones while crossing the railway track.
There were 1,053 passengers on board the train at the time of the derailment, it said, adding those stranded were provided drinking water and snacks.
As per reports received till the filing of this report, three people were killed and dozens injured in the tragic incident.
2 express trains collided in southern Pakistan early Monday and at least 30 passengers were killed, police and rescue officials said.
Divisional Railway Manager, Ranchi, Neeraj Ambastha said another engine was attached to the train after the accident and it was flagged off for Rourkela.
Four train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just north of Cairo, the railway authority said in a statement.
At least 51 people were killed when a train collided with a truck and derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday.
A train partially derailed along Taiwan’s east coast, killing at least 34 people and injuring dozens, police said.
Two trains crashed Friday in southern Egypt, killing at least 32 people and injuring 165, authorities said in the latest of a series of deadly accidents on the country's troubled railways.
Four persons were mown down by a high-speed train during its trial run between Haridwar and Laksar on Thursday.
In a miraculous incident, an alert plumber helped in averting a major train accident in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district. The incident took place on Saturday.
At least 29 passengers killed after a bus carrying Sikh pilgrims rammed into a train in the Sheikhupura district in Pakistan's Punjab province at 1:30 pm on Friday.
At least 20 people have died and several others injured after a speeding train rammed into a passenger bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Pakistan's Sindh. The incident took place near Rohri railway station on Friday night.
The police received information at around 8.40 pm on Sunday that Meena had been run over by a train. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
At least 10 people injured after two trains collide at Kacheguda Railway Station in Hyderabad on Monday morning. According to South Central Railway officials, one was an Intercity Express train while the other was an MMTS train.
Railway tracks in Mathura were damaged following a collision between an oil tanker and a goods train in the city. The accident lead to the train derailment and death of one person. Three others were reported injured in the train accident.
Railway tracks in Mathura were damaged following a collision between an oil tanker and a goods train in the city. The accident lead to the train derailment and death of one person. Three others were reported injured in the train accident.
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