Mumbai Local Train Accident

A 17-year-old boy died after he was hit by a local train in Mumbai. Mayank Sharma was standing on the edge of the platform when the train moving at a fast speed hit him.

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable acted swiftly to save a woman who slipped and fell while trying to board a moving train in Mumbai.

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable on Thursday saved the life ofa 50-year-old woman after she slipped while boarding a moving train at a railway station in Mumbai.

No fatal incident involving commuters was reported on Mumbai's suburban rail network on June 26, a rarity in the metropolis where eight to nine passengers die everyday in mishaps.

A potentially major accident involving a local train was prevented early morning today in Mumbai. A railway keyman noticed a crack on the train tracks and immediately alerted the train driver who stopped the train, according to news agency ANI.

As many as 12 people were killed and five others were injured in separate accidents on railway tracks in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday, the government railway police or GRP said today.

A Maharashtra Security Force jawan's quick-thinking and courage saved the life of a toddler on Friday evening.

A train accident was avoided today after the driver of a Mumbai suburban train spotted iron rods on the track and managed to stop it in time.

The quick reflexes of a police sub-inspector at Nalasopara station on Friday night stopped a 55-year-old woman from becoming another train accident statistic.

Over 2,900 people lost their lives in accidents while travelling on Western Railway suburban trains in Mumbai division in last five years, an RTI query has found.

Four labourers were today killed when they were run over by a local train between suburban Kurla and Vidyavihar stations.

A 27-year-old youth died today after being hit by a local train at Goregaon train station here, police said.

The Bombay High Court today rapped the railways for its lackadaisical approach towards safety of passengers and failure to provide better services in suburban local trains.

Hundreds of lives were in jeopardy for a few seconds this morning as a local train in Mumbai lurched off course. The seven compartments of the train, operating on the Western Line, slid onto the adjoining track. Disaster was averted as an alert driver on the approaching train hit the brakes, preventing a collision.

Even as railway officials claim to be operating maximum suburban trains to ease the hardships of daily commuters in Mumbai, the number of deaths and those injured after falling from trains has gone up in the last one decade, as per an RTI query.

A 17-year-old boy died after he was hit by a local train in Mumbai. Mayank Sharma was standing on the edge of the platform when the train moving at a fast speed hit him.

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable acted swiftly to save a woman who slipped and fell while trying to board a moving train in Mumbai.

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable on Thursday saved the life ofa 50-year-old woman after she slipped while boarding a moving train at a railway station in Mumbai.

No fatal incident involving commuters was reported on Mumbai's suburban rail network on June 26, a rarity in the metropolis where eight to nine passengers die everyday in mishaps.

A potentially major accident involving a local train was prevented early morning today in Mumbai. A railway keyman noticed a crack on the train tracks and immediately alerted the train driver who stopped the train, according to news agency ANI.

As many as 12 people were killed and five others were injured in separate accidents on railway tracks in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday, the government railway police or GRP said today.

A Maharashtra Security Force jawan's quick-thinking and courage saved the life of a toddler on Friday evening.

A train accident was avoided today after the driver of a Mumbai suburban train spotted iron rods on the track and managed to stop it in time.

The quick reflexes of a police sub-inspector at Nalasopara station on Friday night stopped a 55-year-old woman from becoming another train accident statistic.

Over 2,900 people lost their lives in accidents while travelling on Western Railway suburban trains in Mumbai division in last five years, an RTI query has found.

Four labourers were today killed when they were run over by a local train between suburban Kurla and Vidyavihar stations.

A 27-year-old youth died today after being hit by a local train at Goregaon train station here, police said.

The Bombay High Court today rapped the railways for its lackadaisical approach towards safety of passengers and failure to provide better services in suburban local trains.

Hundreds of lives were in jeopardy for a few seconds this morning as a local train in Mumbai lurched off course. The seven compartments of the train, operating on the Western Line, slid onto the adjoining track. Disaster was averted as an alert driver on the approaching train hit the brakes, preventing a collision.

Even as railway officials claim to be operating maximum suburban trains to ease the hardships of daily commuters in Mumbai, the number of deaths and those injured after falling from trains has gone up in the last one decade, as per an RTI query.