The 2005 Jaunpur train bombing occurred on 28 July 2005, when an explosion destroyed a carriage of Shramjeevi Express train near the town of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. The Shramjeevi Express train was travelling in the afternoon between Jaunpur and Delhi, when at 5.15pm, a sudden explosion tore through one of the carriages. the train's crew were able to halt the engine quickly, thus preventing the train derailing following the blast. As other passengers and locals aided those wounded by the blast, emergency services fought to extinguish the burning carriage.