Gaisal train accident: A Gaisal train accident survivor in West

A Gaisal train accident survivor in West Bengal recounted the 24-year-old horror after the Odisha train accident . The picture of that terrible accident of Gaisal flashed in front of his eyes, he said. Gaisal train disaster In 1999, Brahmaputra Mail crashed into the stationary Avadh Assam Express at Gaisal station, killing over 285 people, many of whom were Army, BSF or CRPF personnel. CHIEF COMMISSIONER RAILWAY SAFETY STARTS INQUIRY TOMORROW INTO THE GAISAL TRAIN ACCIDENT 276 BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR A s one of the biggest rescue and relief operation in the wake of collision of two trains at Gaisal, involving personnel from Railway Protection Forces, State Police, BSF, Army, doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, porters, social workers, villagers and with the deployment of heavy cranes, gas cutters and hydraulic cutters is nearing completion, 276 bodies have been recovered ... The Gaisal train collision occurred on 2 August 1999, when two trains carrying about 2,500 people collided at the remote station of Gaisal in West Bengal, India. Owing to a signalling error, both trains were using the same track on a day when three of the four tracks on the line were closed for maintenance. Their combined speeds were so great that the trains exploded on impact, killing at least 285 people. Collision The crash occurred at about 1:45a.m. on 2August, 1999, when the Avadh Assam ...