Railway Accidents

After Amritsar train tragedy, kin of injured and killed frantically search for loved ones at hospitals

At least 59 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching the burning of the Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Joda Phatak in Amritsar.

Amritsar train tragedy: Worst accident caused by 'trespassing' in history of Indian Railways, say officials

The accident in Amritsar Friday night in which at least 59 people were mowed down by a train during Dussehra celebrations was the worst due to trespassing on the tracks, railway officials said.

Amritsar train tragedy: Most dead are migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, say officials

The accident has claimed 59 lives so far out of which 39 bodies have been identified by the authorities.

Amritsar train tragedy: How poor crowd management, official apathy and overcrowding led to Dussehra disaster

The Ram Lila was staged this week—like it has been for at least 14 years—not on an open ground but within the four-walled compound of a rustic dhobhi ghat.

Amritsar train accident: Let's not railroad engine driver; public, politicians and police deserve fair share of blame

The fear is that bureaucratic indifference, political sycophancy and arrogance, poor planning at the venue, a lack of basic safety norms will all be ignored

Amritsar train tragedy: Securing assets like railways key to avoiding mishaps; 1,400 killed in 2016 on Mumbai tracks

What happened in Punjab, is an outcome of Indian Railways' lackadaisical attitude towards its right of way. Had it fenced the railway lines like it did along the route of the high-speed Gatiman Express, the tracks where the mishap took place on Friday would have been completely fenced by now.

Mumbai: 34-yr-old man dies after falling from overcrowded train on Vashi bridge; family blames CR ‘motormen’s strike’

A 34-year-old garment store employee from Nerul in Navi Mumbai died after falling off from a overcrowded CST-bound train on the Vashi creek bridge on Friday when hundreds of Central Railway motormen went on strike

President Ram Nath Kovind says every aspect of rail services should be improved continuously

President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday that every aspect related to railway services should be continuously improved, days after 23 people were killed in a stampede at a crowded station in Mumbai.

Ashwani Lohani is new Railway Board chief: With a mixed record in Air India, he needs to be hands on here

Ashwani Lohani is being brought in to improve the railway’s safety record more than anything else. He better has a detailed plan up his sleeve

Exclusive: Suresh Prabhu's tweets won't save Indian Railways; with rock bottom op ratio, it's never been this bad

Train accidents in the recent past, unending passenger complaints, and falling revenues are some of the issues that will haunt the railway minister in the upcoming Union Budget presentation on 1 February