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Tezgam Express (Urdu: تیز گام) is a daily express train service between Karachi and Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Tezgam means "fast runner". It is one of the oldest and popular trains of Pakistan. It was started in 1950s between Karachi and Peshawar. Later [when?] its route was shortened [why?] to Karachi and Rawalpindi. [1]
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, the Pakistani Federal Minister for Railways, reported that two gas stoves exploded, setting the train on fire. Other reports, though, along with survivors' testimonies, suggested an electrical problem was the cause of the fire. [9] The train was carrying 933 people, 207 of whom were in the three carriages that were gutted ...
Kerosene lamps adorn the walls, and there is an old grand clock near the platform and a bell that signals the arrival of a train. The main building of Rawalpindi Railway Station consists of three sections: the freight section, the passenger section and the main offices.
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Awam Express (Urdu: عوام ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar.The trip took approximately 33 hours and 30 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,732 kilometres (1,076 mi), traveling along the entire stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.
Investigations suggested that the derailment happened because of a fracture in the rail line. Because of the sudden impact on the broken rail, the locomotive and a few cars decoupled and overturned. [4]
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4 May – India – A train traveling the Konkan Railway derailed near Nidi railway station in Maharashtra, killing at least 18 and injuring 124. [246] 20 May – Russia – Naro-Fominsk rail crash - Near Naro-Fominsk, a freight train derailed and entered an adjacent line. A passenger train then ran into it, killing nine and injuring around 50 ...