The 2023 Dhaka rail collision was a train accident involving the collision of a freight train and a passenger train that resulted in the deaths of at least 17.
Accident
Egarosindhur Godhuli Express was heading to Dhaka and had just reached the
Kishoreganj District
Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It was taken 2495.07 sq. km of land from Mymensingh district to form prese ...
. A cargo train heading to
Chattogram
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
was also on the same line.
The collision occurred on Monday, October 23, 2023, 3:30 p.m. when a cargo train
rear-ended a passenger train, derailing the two rearmost cars. The impact of the collision overturned one of the cars, trapping many passengers inside of it.
The exact number of deaths in the incident has been placed as either 17 or 20.
Investigation
Initial reports cite that a signal error might have resulted in the freight train colliding with the express.
A probe has since been launched to determine the exact case,
but poor rail infrastructure has been cited as a common cause for accidents along this railway. A similar accident in April 2023 occurred nearby, with the cause later being determined as a signal error.
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Railway accidents in 2023
2023 disasters in Bangladesh
2020s in Dhaka
October 2023 events in Bangladesh