Indian Railways has achieved remarkable progress in safety performance. Consequential train accidents during 2004–14 totaled 1,711 (average 171 per annum), declining to 31 in 2024–25 and further to 11 in 2025–26 (up to November 2025). The safety budget has nearly tripled, rising from ₹39,463 crore in FY 2013–14 to ₹1,16,470 crore in the current financial year. Fog safety devices increased from 90 in 2014 to 25,939 in 2025. In the last four months alone, Centralised Electronic Interlocking and Tr

A viral video has raised serious concerns about railway safety after Indian Railways workers were seen repairing an active track as a passenger train approached at high speed. The workers cleared the line just seconds before the train passed, narrowly avoiding a major accident. The footage has sparked widespread outrage online, with many questioning why maintenance was allowed on a live track and demanding accountability from railway authorities. [Railways, Accident, Near death] #NewsWithTN | TI

1.1K views · 27 reactions | Scores of bodies remain unclaimed after India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades as officials made fervent appeals to families to come forward to identify their loved ones https://reut.rs/45QtQNK | Reuters | Facebook

At least 261 people have died in India’s worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country. https://www.timesofearth.com/world-news/india-train-crash-death-toll-rises-to-261.html Photo: AFP | The Times Of Earth

3.8K views · 31 reactions | WATCH: Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday (June 4) after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people. Read more: https://tdy.sg/3OW0SWz | TODAY | Facebook

India's railway minister says investigators found the cause of Friday's deadly train crash to be a change in the signalling system where the electronic signals may have sent one of the high-speed trains onto the wrong track. Meanwhile, a former mechanical engineer for the Indian Railway Service says the crash is a wake-up call to review the railway system and fix it to avoid further tragedies. | CBC News

When safety goes off 'track'! #IndianRailways' alarming safety crisis Railway board must analyze the causes of these accidents: #AkhilAgrawal, Ex-Director General, Railway Board Go #BeyondTheHeadline with @SnehaMKoshy #GondaTrainAccident #ChandigarhDibrugarhExpress | Mirror Now | Facebook

2.5K views | One of the trains involved in the deadly collision in India last week resumed operations on Wednesday, June 7, as the death toll from one of the deadliest rail crashes in the country’s history passes 275. The investigation into the cause of the crash has begun, with preliminary findings focusing on signal failure as the likely cause. | CGTN America | Facebook