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Railway mishap near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh: A MEMU local train travelling from Gevra Road to Bilaspur collided with a goods train between Gatora and Bilaspur around 4 pm
The Cuddalore (left) and Odisha accidents. (News18 File)
A passenger train collided with a goods train near the Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
The MEMU local train (No. 68733) was travelling from Gevra Road to Bilaspur when it collided with a goods train on the up line between Gatora and Bilaspur around 4 pm. Train services on the route have been stopped, and several express and passenger trains have been cancelled or diverted following the accident.
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The railway authorities have moved all the resources at the spot, and all measures are being taken to treat the injured persons, they said.
A look at the major railway accidents of 2025:
July 8: Three students were killed and four others, including the van driver, were injured as Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai passenger train hit a school van at a non-interlocked manned level crossing between Capper Quarry and Alapakkam railway stations in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
June 21: One railway worker was killed and four passengers were injured as Dibrugarh-bound Avadh Assam Express collided with a maintenance trolley near Semapur Train Station in Bihar.
June 9: Five people were killed and nine were injured after several people riding on the outside of two passing Mumbai local trains collided with each other and fell off after experiencing a sudden jerk on a sharp curve near the Mumbra railway station.
April 1: Three people including the two loco pilots were charred to death after a fire triggered by a head-on collision between two freight trains. A coal-laden freight train travelling from Lalmatia Colliery to Farakka Super Thermal Power Station crashed into an empty stationary freight train on a railway line owned, managed and signalled by the NTPC in Barhait, Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.
March 30: At least 11 coaches of the Bangalore-Kamakhya AC Superfast Express derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack district of Odisha, leaving several dead and injured.
February 15: At least 20 people were killed and several injured in a stampede at New Delhi railway station when confusing announcements resulted in a rush to board a train for Prayagraj to attend 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela.
January 22: At least 12, including seven from Nepal, were killed and 15 were injured when some of the passengers of Pushpak Express disembarked onto an adjacent railway line in Jalgaon following a false fire alarm and were hit by the incoming Karnataka Express.
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November 04, 2025, 17:56 IST
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