August 2, 2019, marked the 20th anniversary of the Gaisal train accident which claimed the lives of 285 people involving Brahmaputra Mail and Awadh Assam Express and their respective loco pilots. The official death toll was around 305. August 2, 1999: The Gaisal train disaster occurred when Brahmaputra Mail crashed into the stationary Avadh Assam Express at Gaisal station in North Frontier Railway's Katihar division, killing more than 285 people and injuring over 300. Many of the victims were Army, BSF or CRPF personnel. CHIEF COMMISSIONER RAILWAY SAFETY STARTS INQUIRY TOMORROW INTO THE GAISAL TRAIN ACCIDENT 276 BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR A s one of the biggest rescue and relief operation in the wake of collision of two trains at Gaisal, involving personnel from Railway Protection Forces, State Police, BSF, Army, doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, porters, social workers, villagers and with the deployment of heavy cranes, gas cutters and hydraulic cutters is nearing completion, 276 bodies have been recovered ... The Gaisal train disaster occurred on 2 August 1999, [1] when two trains carrying 2,500 people collided at the remote station of Gaisal , 310 miles from the city of Gauhati in Assam. The crash was at such high speeds that the trains actually exploded upon impact [2] killing at least 290 people. [3]
