Aligarh Junction railway station

[1] The Bareilly–Moradabad Chord via Rampur, with a branch line to Aligarh, was built by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1894.

[5] Five people were killed and many others injured in an accident at Aligarh railway station on the evening of Sunday 19 June 2011.

According to officials, a brake lever snapped from the train, and the projecting wheel ploughed into passengers waiting at the platform.

The hand brake and the connecting rod had come loose and the protruding object turned deadly for the victims.

At least six other injured people were admitted to Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital at Aligarh Muslim University.