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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 they are seeing decline in railway accident in last 4 years. This is an incomplete chronological list of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan.

1950s

1990s

2000s

Date Accident Location Trains Cause Deaths Injured Refs
16 March 2002 A train from Lahore to Faisalabad derailed at Qila Sattar Shah railway station near Sheikhupura 1 7 15
26 Sept 2002 Quetta Express derailed near Sibi 1 as a railway bridge on the Sibi-Jacobabad section collapsed 7 57
20 Sept 2003 A train collided with a bus near Malikwal, Mandi Bahauddin district 1 28 10
13 July 2005 2005 Ghotki rail crash at the Sarhad railway station, about 49km from Sukkur 3 three passenger trains collided 130 1000
30 Jan 2006 A train from Rawalpindi to Lahore derailed resulting 6 of its coaches fell into a deep ravine at Domaili near Jhelum 4 40
19 December 2007 Mehrabpur derailment 50 200
3 Nov 2009 Allama Iqbal Express collided head-on with a goods train in Karachi. 18 45

2010s

Date Accident Location Trains Cause Deaths Injured Refs
30 Aug 2011 Karachi-bound Khyber Mail ran into a stationary passenger train nearly two kilometres from the Badami Bagh Railway Station in Lahore 3 18
25 July 2013 A train heading to Rawalpindi from Lahore derailed near Gujranwala City railway station 2 Several
7 May 2014 Karakoram Express derailed near the Bandhi railway station, 55km from Nawabshah 2 15
11 Nov 2014 A collision between a passenger coach and truck near the Theri Bypass in Khairpur 58 Several
2 July 2015 2015 Gujranwala derailment near Gujranwala. 3 bogies of army official's special train fell into a canal and another one derailed as a railway bridge collapsed 19 100+
19 July 2015 A collision between car and a Karachi-bound Green Line (train) at an unnamed railway crossing at the Palijani railway station yard in Matiari 6 (family)
17 November 2015 Aab-e-Gum derailment at Aab-e-Gum 1 Jaffar Express derailed on its way from Quetta to Rawlpindi. 20 96
15 Sept 2016 Karachi-bound Awam Express Train collided with a freight train near Multan 6 150+
8 Oct 2016 A freight train collided with a bus carrying workers of a factory at Landa level-crossing near Gujjar Chowk 1 4 10
3 November 2016 Karachi rail crash, Bahauddin Zakaria Express from Multan rammed into Fareed Express from Lahore near Karachi's Landhi Junction railway station 22 40+
6 Jan 2017 A train crushed two motorized rickshaws on an un-gated crossing in Punjab's Lodhran district 7 (schoolchildren) 1
28 March 2017 Karachi-bound Shalimar Express collided with an oil tanker in Punjab's Sheikhupura district 2 5
24 Dec 2018 3 coaches of Shalimar Express derailed and hit Millat Express stationed at an adjacent track at the Resalewala train crossing in Faisalabad 1 6
20 June 2019 Jinnah Express, hit a freight car near Hyderabad 3 Several
11 July 2019 Quetta-bound Akbar Express crashed into the back of a goods train at Walhar railway station’s loop line, near Sadiqabad 21 185
31 Oct 2019 2019 Tezgam train fire Tezgam Express caught fire near Rahim Yar Khan 74 40

2020s

Date Accident Location Trains Cause Deaths Injured Refs
28 Feb 2020 A bus crossing an unmanned railway crossing was crushed by the Lahore-bound Pakistan Express train coming from Karachi near Rohri 1 19 30+
3 July 2020 Shah Hussain Express train rammed into a coaster near Sheikhupura in Punjab 20 (19 Sikh pilgrims)
7 March 2021 several coaches of the Lahore-bound Karachi Express derailed between Mando Dero and Sangi railway station near Rohri. 1 30
7 June 2021 2021 Ghotki rail crash near Daharki, a city located in the Ghotki district of upper Sindh 2 passenger trains collided 65 150+
27 April 2023 2023 Karachi Express train fire near Tando Masti Khan 7 Unknown
6 August 2023 2023 Hazara Express derailment near Nawabshah, in Sindh. 30 100+
24 September 2023 A passenger train collided with a freight train. In Sheikhupura 31

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