__NOTOC__ The Firozabad rail collision occurred on 20 August 1995 near

Firozabad Firozabad () is a city near Agra in Firozabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the centre of India's glassmaking industry and is known for the quality of the bangles and glassware produced here. During the reign of Akba ...

on the

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's Northern Railway, at 02:55 when a passenger train collided with a train which had stopped after hitting a

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, killing 358 people. Some estimate the death toll at more than 400. The crash happened in the Indian state of

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. Both trains were bound for the Indian capital, New Delhi. The first train, the Kalindi Express from Kanpur, struck a

and could not proceed due to damaged brakes. It was then struck from behind at a speed of by the Purushottam Express from

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. Three carriages of the Kalindi Express were destroyed, the engine and front two carriages of the Puri train were derailed. Most of the 2,200 passengers aboard the two trains were asleep at the time of the collision. The accident remains the second-deadliest rail accident in Indian history, only surpassed by the Bihar train derailment.

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