Passengers throng rail stations for refund
Citizens seek information about train cancellations
LAHORE:
After an accident of two trains in Sukkur division, a large number of passengers travelling from Lahore to other cities were left stuck at the railway stations in the provincial capital.
A large number of passengers had their tickets refunded at the railway stations and reservation offices in the provincial capital. The railway administration faced difficulties in returning the money to the passengers on time due to the heavy workload.
The Jinnah and Karachi Express trains between Lahore and Karachi were cancelled.
Five bogies of Millat Express coming from Karachi via Faisalabad to Lala Musa derailed near Sukkur early in the morning reportedly due to dilapidated condition of the track near Rati railway station. The Sir Syed Express going from Rawalpindi Karachi collided with the bogies. Due to the accident, train operation on the main line across the country was suspended.
Faulty carriage link blamed for deadly Pak train crash
A train that derailed into the path of another oncoming passenger express began its journey despite a faulty carriage link, Pakistan’s railway minister said Wednesday, as authorities probed the cause of a crash that killed 63 people.
The Sir Syed Express passenger train on Monday ploughed through carriages of the Millat Express, which had derailed minutes earlier near Daharki in Sindh province.
The accident has reignited debate about the parlous state of Pakistan’s public transport system particularly a rail network that has seen little investment in decades.
‘The buffer joint of coach number 10 of Millat Express was faulty and bolts were also loose that led to derailment,’ railways minister Azam Swati told a press conference in Lahore.
Pakistan train crash: Faulty carriage link blamed for accident Filed on June 9, 2021
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The accident has reignited debate about the parlous state of Pakistan’s public transport system.
A train that derailed into the path of another oncoming passenger express began its journey despite a faulty carriage link, Pakistan’s railway minister said Wednesday, as authorities probed the cause of a crash that killed 63 people.
The Sir Syed Express passenger train on Monday ploughed through carriages of the Millat Express, which had derailed minutes earlier near Daharki in Sindh province.
The accident has reignited debate about the parlous state of Pakistan’s public transport system particularly a rail network that has seen little investment in decades.
Official: Death Toll Rises to 65 in Pakistan Train Collision By Asim Tanveer and Muhammad Farooq | June 9, 2021
GHOTKI, Pakistan (AP) The death toll from a horrific collision of two trains in southern Pakistan rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash, government officials said.
The collision took place on a dilapidated railway track in Ghotki, a district in the southern Sindh province, when an express train barreled into another that had derailed minutes earlier before dawn on Monday.
Most of the passengers there were about 1,100 on both trains were asleep when the Millat Express, traveling between the southern port city of Karachi to Sargodha in eastern Punjab province, derailed and many of its cars overturned. As passengers scrambled to get out, another passenger train, the Sir Syed Express, crashed into the derailed coaches.
Jun 10, 2021
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) could not fully resume its operations two days after the horrific Ghotki train accident that left 63 passengers dead, ARY News reported.
According to the details, PR has cancelled three passenger trains that were to leave for Karachi from Rawalpindi on Thursday.
PR sources said that Karachi-bound Pakistan Express, Tezgam and Hazara Express have been cancelled.
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Earlier today, Khyber Mail, a passenger train moving from Peshawar to Karachi, had narrowly escaped a major tragedy after it got derailed near Guddu railway station, days after a collision between two trains near Ghotki led to 66 deaths and dozens of injuries.