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Two British tourists have died in a train derailment in northern India. Two female British tourists have died in a train derailment in northern India.
Twelve other people were also injured when two carriages of the World Heritage-listed Kalka to Shimla “toy train” derailed on Saturday. At least five other people were also injured, at least one of them seriously injured and British, when two carriages of the Kalka to Shimla “toy train” derailed on Saturday.
The two tourists who died were women, a police officer told the New India Express. They were among a group of 37 British tourists travelling on the five-carriage World Heritage-listed train. It was rounding a curve when the coaches derailed, said railway official Neeraj Sharma.
They were among a group of 37 British tourists travelling on the train. Suresh Prabhu, India’s railway minister, has ordered an investigation into the accident.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Following a train crash in Haryana, we are urgently looking into reports of British nationals affected and stand ready to provide consular support.”A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Following a train crash in Haryana, we are urgently looking into reports of British nationals affected and stand ready to provide consular support.”
§The 96km narrow-gauge railway in the foothills of the Himalayas is known for its scenic views. The 96km narrow-gauge railway in the foothills of the Himalayas is known for its scenic views.
It was opened in 1903 to link Shimla, the summer capital used by the then British rulers of India, with the country’s northern plains.It was opened in 1903 to link Shimla, the summer capital used by the then British rulers of India, with the country’s northern plains.
It was the second rail accident to have happened in India on Saturday. Nine coaches of a train derailed in southern India, killing at least two people and leaving several injured.
Police and rescuers helped pull out dozens of passengers from the coaches, which fell onto their side near Gulbarga in Karnataka state after the train derailed at about 2:15am, Indian Railway spokesman Anil Saksena said.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
India operates one of the world’s largest railway networks, carrying about 23 million passengers a day.
Safety standards on the massive state-run railway have been an ongoing concern amid a spate of accidents. Last month, two passenger trains derailed over a bridge in central India while crossing a track that was flooded by heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 24 people.