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    • Should India look at the US, UK model to improve safety of railway network?

      Privatisation of railway operations has meant that the corporations running the networks are liable for any shortcoming.

    • Coromandel train tragedy: What is 'Kavach' & why it couldn't have stopped this tragedy

      A tragic train collision killed over 200 people & injured more than a 1,000 in Orissa on 2nd June 2023. Since then, accident speculations have been raised over why the accident was caused & how this tragedy could have been prevented. Amid these discussions, Railway Ministry’s ‘Kavach’ system is in question. Railway Ministry in its statement has made it clear that trains on that route were not installed with the Kavach system. The Ministry further went on to say that this accident couldn’t have been prevented even with the Kavach system on board. But why? Watch this video to know more.

    • Politics Before Safety: Why epic tragedies still plague the trainwreck that is Indian Railways

      The railways have focused on adding new trains that run at a higher speed, while safety has been given the short shrift. Indeed, even the funds meant for safety measures have been left underutilised.

    • Odisha train crash: Love poems on torn pages found scattered on tracks

      Odisha train crash: The poems were found at the site in Odisha's Balasore district, less than 48 hours after the train crash, billed as one of the worst in Indian railway history.

    • Virtual clean chit to Coromandel Express driver; Officials say train received green signal, was not over-speeding

      Two key officials of the Railway Board — Principal Executive Director of Signalling Sandeep Mathur and Member of Operation and Business Development Jaya Varma Sinha — explained how the accident might have occurred.

    • Odisha train crash: Prelim report states 'signal was given and taken off'; PM promises stringent action against guilty

      "I do not have words to express my pain… No one would be spared and strong action would be taken against those found guilty. Instructions have been given to ensure proper and speedy investigation of the tragedy," PM Modi said

    • Few seconds and the last train would have passed safely: How the Odisha tragedy unfolded

      The Chennai-bound Coromandel Express derailed first and rammed into a stationary good train. Some of its derailed coaches then knocked off the last four coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Yesvantpur Express which was passing on a parallel track, say sources

    • Odisha train accident: Death toll rises to 288

      Three trains — Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train — were involved in the accident, one of the worst railway tragedies of the country.

    • Odisha train crash: Preliminary probe suggests Coromandel Express entered loop line instead of main line, hit goods train

      The two trains were carrying around 2,000 passengers. At least 261 people have been killed in the accident and nearly 1,000 injured.

    • Passenger on Coromandel Express recounts horror: 'families crushed away'

      Odisha train accident: Anubhav Das was one of the lucky passengers who escaped unhurt in the train crash that has killed at least 200 and left another 900 passengers injured.

    • Full list of trains cancelled after Coromandel Express tragedy

      Several trains have been cancelled, diverted or short-terminated following the horrific triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday evening.

    • BJP defers its Saturday's govt anniversary programmes after tragic train accident

      Party president J P Nadda posted a tweet to this effect and expressed his pain at the devastating accident.

    • Odisha triple train crash claims more than 233 lives with over 900 injured

      Railways announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh for those grievously injured and Rs 50,000 for those who got minor injuries. PM Modi announced an additional ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM's National Relief Fund

    • Coromandel Express derails in Odisha's Balasore, 179 injured

      The accident occurred at about 7 pm when the superfast express train was travelling from Shalimar station in Howrah to Chennai Central station in Tamil Nadu, an official said.

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