1957 Gambar train crash

On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.^[1][2][3]

Gambar Train Crash
Details
Date	September 29, 1957
Location	Gambar Railway Station, Pakistan
Coordinates	30.7500°N 73.3315°E / 30.7500; 73.3315
Country	Pakistan
Line	Karachi–Peshawar main railway line
Operator	Pakistan Railways
Incident type	Train collision
Cause	Lack of signals Allowing two trains into same occupied block section
Statistics
Trains	2
Deaths	300
Injured	150

See also

• List of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan

References

1. "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Haine, Edgar A. (1993). Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. p. 178. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via Google Books.
3. "Trains collide in Pakistan — History.com This Day in History — 9/29/1957". 2010-03-07. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 2024-11-10.