Vaibhavwadi train crash
The Vaibhavwadi train crash was a fatal train derailment near the village of Vaibhavwadi in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra in India on 22 June 2003.[1][2] The final count of the fatalities was 53 and 26 were injured.[3] Families of those killed were given Rs.1 lakh compensation.
Overview
On 22 June 2003, a Holiday Special train of Central Railway, 904 up, from Karwar to Mumbai derailed at 9.15 pm due to large boulders on the track, on the Ratnagiri region of Konkan Railway (KRCL), from a landslide down the ravine's side. The engine and first three carriages were thrown in the air.
The rescue operation was difficult because it was hours before the emergency services arrived. Only the next morning, soldiers and emergency services freed the passengers.
The Konkan Railway Corporation, which developed an Anti Collision Device that has been sold to other Indian and foreign companies had not yet installed it on this train.
Similar accidents
Landslides can be classed with washaways.
- – Tangiwai disaster
- – Veligonda train disaster
- – Karanjadi train crash
- – Bethrungra – 1885 – 7 killed when train derails at culvert washaway.
References
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Major rail mishaps since 2000". The Hindu. 20 September 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ IANS (30 July 2012). "Chronology of major Indian train accidents since 2000". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2026.