Within the current collision between the Kanchangunjha Specific and a items prepare close to Rangapani station in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, quite a few people had been left injured, additional contributing to the tragic historical past of prepare disasters in India.

The persisting prevalence of prepare accidents stays a matter of significant concern. This newest incident as soon as once more calls into query the efficacy of security measures and technological developments routinely put in place. Regardless of concerted efforts, collisions and derailments stick with alarming frequency.

The newest main incident was the triple prepare crash in Odisha’s Balasore, claiming over 300 lives final yr. Beneath is a compilation of prepare accidents in India over the previous decade:

• March 2024: On March 18, the Sabarmati-Agra superfast prepare skilled the derailment of at the least 4 coaches close to Madar railway station in Rajasthan’s Ajmer. Miraculously, no casualties had been reported.
• February 2024: On February 28, an specific prepare struck people crossing the railway monitor in Jharkhand, leading to 12 fatalities on the spot.
• November 2023: A fireplace erupted within the S-1 coach of the Delhi-Darbhanga Specific at Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on November 5, 2023. Though eight passengers sustained minor accidents as three bogies had been charred, the vigilant loco pilot halted the prepare, permitting immediate intervention by firefighting personnel.
• October 2023: On October 29, 2023, a collision occurred between two passenger trains close to Alamanda and Kantakapalle in Andhra Pradesh, claiming 14 lives.
• October 2023: The Bihar North East Specific derailed on October 11, 2023, leading to 4 fatalities and over 70 accidents close to Buxar’s Raghunathpur railway station in Bihar.
• August 2023: A fireplace broke out on August 25, 2023, aboard the Lucknow-Rameshwaram Bharat Gaurav prepare, claiming 9 lives and injuring 20 others. Investigation revealed that passengers had smuggled a gasoline cylinder into the prepare for cooking, resulting in the blaze.
• September 2023: On September 23, 2023, one other fireplace incident occurred aboard the Tiruchirapalli-Shri Ganganagar Humsafar SF Specific close to Valsad railway station.
• June 2023: Three trains collided in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2, 2023. The high-speed entry of the Coromandel Specific into the passing loop precipitated it to collide with a items prepare, ensuing within the derailment of 21 coaches and subsequent collision with the SMVT Bengaluru–Howrah Superfast Specific on the adjoining monitor. The accident claimed 296 lives and left over 1,200 injured.
• January 2022: The Bikaner–Guwahati Specific derailed close to Maynaguri in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on January 13, 2022, leading to 9 fatalities and 50 accidents.
• October 2018: An area prepare plowed via a crowd gathered on the tracks to have fun Dussehra in Punjab’s Amritsar on October 19, 2018, leaving practically 59 lifeless and 57 injured.
• August 2017: 9 coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Specific derailed close to Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya on August 23, 2017, inflicting practically 70 accidents. The accident ensued from a collision with a dump truck on the monitor, resulting in the derailment of 10 coaches.
• August 2017: Fourteen coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Specific derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district on August 19, 2017, leading to 23 fatalities and practically 60 accidents whereas en route from Puri to Haridwar.
• January 2017: A minimum of 41 people misplaced their lives on January 21, 2017, when a number of coaches of the Hirakhand Specific 18448 derailed in southern Andhra Pradesh close to the village of Kuneru in Vizianagaram.
• November 2016: Practically 146 people perished, and over 200 sustained accidents on November 20, 2016, when 14 coaches of the Indore–Patna Specific derailed close to Pukhrayan in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district.
• Might 2014: The Gorakhdham Specific collided with a items prepare in Sant Kabir Nagar space of Uttar Pradesh on Might 26, 2014. The incident claimed 25 lives and left over 50 injured because the prepare headed in the direction of Gorakhpur.