March 17, 2002: Seven people were killed and nearly 15 others were injured when a train from Lahore to Faisalabad derailed near Sheikhupura.

Sept 27, 2002: Seven people died, 57 were injured as a train derailed near Sibi — eight bogies of the Quetta Express derailed as a railway bridge on the Sibi-Jacobabad section collapsed.

Sept 21, 2003: Twenty eight people were killed, 10 others were injured when a train collided with a bus near Malikwal, Mandi Bahauddin district.

July 13, 2005: At least 130 people died and about 170 were injured when three passenger trains collided at the Sarhad Railway Station, about 49km from Sukkur.

Jan 30, 2006: Four people lost their lives and 40 were injured when a train heading from Rawalpindi to Lahore derailed and six of its coaches fell into a deep ravine at Domaili near Jhelum.

Dec 19, 2007: Fifty people died, more than 200 injured when 16 cars of the Karachi Express came off the tracks near Mehrabpur, Naushahro Feroze.

Nov 3, 2009: At least 18 people were killed and 45 others injured when the Allama Iqbal Express collided head-on with a goods train in Karachi.

Aug 30, 2011: Three people, including the assistant driver of the train, died while 19 others were injured when the Karachi-bound Khyber Mail ran into a stationary passenger train nearly 2km from the Badami Bagh Railway Station in Lahore.

July 26, 2013: A train going to Rawalpindi from Lahore derailed near Gujranwala leaving two people dead and several others injured.

May 7, 2014: Two people were killed, 15 others injured as the Karakoram Express derailed near the Bandhi railway station, some 55km from Nawabshah.

November 11, 2014: 58 people died following a collision between a passenger coach and truck near the Theri Bypass in Khairpur.

July 3, 2015: Nineteen people were killed when three bogies of a special train carrying army officials fell into a canal and another one derailed as a railway bridge collapsed near Gujranwala.

July 20, 2015: Six members of a family were killed in a collision between their car and a Karachi-bound train at an unnamed railway crossing at the Pale Jani railway station yard in Matiari.

Nov 1, 2015: Nearly 19 passengers were killed when the Jaffar Express derailed on its way from Quetta to Rawlpindi. Sept 1, 2016: The Karachi-bound Express Train collided with a freight train near Multan resulting in the death of six passengers and injuring more than 150 others.

Oct 8, 2016: Four people were killed, 10 others were injured when a freight train collided with a bus carrying workers of a factory at Landa level-crossing near Gujjar Chowk.

Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2016