Global Information1956 Mahbubnagar train accident information
| 1956 Mahbubnagar train accident | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 2 September 1956 |
| Location | railway bridge near Mahbubnagar |
| Coordinates | 16°45′02″N 78°04′09″E / 16.75056°N 78.06917°E |
| Country | India |
| Line | Metre-gauge railway |
| Operator | Government-owned Central Railway |
| Incident type | train plunges into the water |
| Cause | collapsing of a bridge due to torrential rain |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 125 |
| Damage | railway bridge train |
The 1956 Mahbubnagar train accident was a train accident in Hyderabad state, India on the Secunderabad-Dronachalam line between Jadcherla and Mahbubnagar on 2 September 1956. A train fell into a river killing at least 125 passengers after a bridge collapsed as a result of damages by torrential rain.
It was at the time the worst train accident ever in India and the accident is still among India's deadliest train disasters.[1]
Less than thee months later, a very similar disaster, the 1956 Ariyalur train accident in Tamil Nadu, became India's latest and most deadly disaster when another train fell into the Marudaiyaru River, killing over 150 passengers when a bridge collapsed after torrential rain.
- ^ "10 deadliest train accidents in India". The Daily Star. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2023.