List Of Train Accidents in India (2024)

The year 2024 witnessed a series of tragic train accidents across India, raising the questions again around rail safety and infrastructure in the country.

From derailments and collisions to mechanical failures and human errors, these incidents have claimed numerous lives, injured many, and disrupted rail services. Below is a detailed account of these accidents, underscoring the urgent need for enhanced safety measures and vigilance in the country's railway network.

• 28 February - Two people were crushed to death, and several others injured after being hit by a train near Kalajhariya in Jamtara district, Jharkhand.
• 12 June - A 16-year-old boy was run over by a train on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway near Kurseong in Darjeeling district, West Bengal.
• 15 June - A 62-year-old man from Kerala died when an improperly chained berth fell on him while he was lying on a lower berth in the Millennium Express sleeper coach.
• 17 June - West Bengal Train Collision: Eleven people lost their lives, and at least 60 were injured when a freight train rear-ended the Kanchanjungha Express near Rangapani railway station in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, due to over-speeding and a faulty signal.
• 18 July - Twelve coaches of the Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express derailed near Jhilahi in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh, leaving four dead and 32 injured.
• 30 July - Two people were killed, and at least 20 were injured after 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Mail derailed near Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
• 17 August - Twenty-two coaches of the Sabarmati Express derailed near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, after hitting a boulder.
• 11 October - Tamil Nadu Train Collision: Nineteen people were injured when 13 coaches of the Bagmati Express derailed and caught fire after ramming into a goods train stationed on a loop line at Kavaraipettai railway station near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• 25 October - The locomotive of Vivek Express detached from its coaches while in motion near Katpadi Junction railway station, Tamil Nadu, due to a broken coupler.
• 26 October - A 69-year-old man was killed after being struck by a loose brake shoe from a passenger train running between Rameswaram and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
• 27 October - A DEMU train, the Mhow-Ratlam Fast Passenger, caught fire between Runija and Naugaon stations in Madhya Pradesh.
• 28 October - Four passengers were injured when illegal firecrackers carried by passengers ignited on a train traveling from Jind to Delhi near Sampla, Haryana.
• 2 November - Four sanitation workers from Tamil Nadu, including two women, were killed when the Kerala Express ran over them while they were cleaning a bridge over the Bharatapuzha River near Shoranur, Kerala.
• 9 November - A 35-year-old railway worker was crushed to death after being trapped between the locomotive and the power car while decoupling the Lucknow-Barauni Express locomotive at Barauni Junction. The loco pilot accidentally reversed instead of moving forward.
• 13 November - A freight train derailed in Peddapalli district, Telangana, causing the cancellation of 39 trains and the diversion of 61 others.