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STORY: Search teams have been deployed in the evacuation process and injured are been taken to hospitals in large numbers.

The collision occurred at about 19:00 local time (1330 GMT) on Friday when the Howrah Superfast Express, running from Bangalore to Howrah, West Bengal, collided with the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai.

The state has declared Saturday a day of state mourning as a mark of respect to the victims.