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The Ghotki rail crash occurred on July 13, 2005, at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12UTC) in Ghotki, Pakistan. A train stopping at the Sarhad (a town near Ghotki) rail station was hit from behind by a train that missed a signal. The collision caused several of the cars to derail. The derailed cars were subsequently hit by a third train, which resulted in a total of seventeen wrecked train cars, which carried over 3000 passengers and the whole staff of Sarhad railway station ran away when accident happened. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a high-precison atomic time standard. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The train that rammed into the stopped train at the Ghotki station originated in Lahore and was headed for the city of Karachi. The third train involved in the accident was heading from Karachi to Rawalpindi near the country's capital city of Islamabad. Lahore (Urdu: لاÛور, Punjabi: Ù„Ûور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and the second most dense city in Pakistan, also known as the Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens, after the significant rich heritage of the Mughal Empire. ... Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistans capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. ... Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد (Meaning Abode of Islam)), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ...
Although the exact death toll may not be known for a couple days, officials are estimating that over 500 people may have died as a result of the accident. Since it is early in the investigation, the exact cause is unknown. However, officials state that the conductor of the second train misread the signal.
The Ghotkirailcrash occurred on July 13, 2005 at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) in Ghotki, Pakistan.
The derailed cars were subsequently hit by a third train, which resulted in a total of seventeen wrecked train cars, which carried over 3000 passengers and the whole staff of Srahad railway station ran away when accident happened.
The train that rammed into the stopped train at the Ghotki station originated in Lahore and was headed for the city of Karachi.
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