How overloaded trains are in India is nothing new, but most people don't know how serious the number of casualties is on Indian railways. In fact, India has no less than three to four hundred major railway accidents every year, with more than 1,500 deaths and injuries, the highest in the world.
The Indian Railways is one of the largest railway networks in the world. Old, disrepaired, and poorly managed railway lines have led to India becoming a country with a high incidence of train accidents. Indian Railways is known as the most unsafe railway in the world.
This is the scene of a train tipping over after derailment. The reason is that the railways are not renewed, and the tracks are old and aging.
This is the scene after the collision of two trains in India. The reason is that the train station scheduling is out of order.
In July 2014, a train-bus collision occurred in the Indian state of Telangana. The reason is that the intersection where the incident occurred is unguarded and there are no guardrails. When all the cars stopped and waited, only the school bus rushed over, causing a catastrophe on the spot and killing 15 children.
Numerous accidents have shown that working as a train driver in India is a high-risk profession. In December 2015, two trains collided in India, killing two people, including a train driver.
In May 2015, a passenger train derailed while crossing a bridge in the Chilang district of Assam, India, injuring 10 passengers. The train driver was fortunate enough to jump out of the train in time, and although he was seriously injured, he was able to save his life.
Most of the Indian railways do not have barriers, and it is common for people to cross the railways. Trains traveling at high speed should stop the train without crashing into them; I'm afraid it's hard for people in the universe to do this kind of driving technology! Therefore, in addition to overturning and colliding, it is inevitable that Indian train drivers will hit and kill people. However, if they hit and kill someone, they naturally cannot escape responsibility.
In August 2013, at least 35 people were killed and more than a dozen injured in a train collision with pilgrims in the northern Indian state of Bihar. After the accident, the pilgrims and local villagers set fire to six carriages, beat the train driver (who was knocked unconscious), and also took some railway officials hostage.
At least 21 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a freight train went into the wrong track and crashed head-on with an express passenger train parked at the platform in Seewoburi, Madhya Pradesh, India. The driver was so frightened that he jumped out of the car and ran away, nowhere to go.
Look, the train hits the elephant that is on the railroad. Fortunately, the train did not overturn, and the driver's life was safe after a moment of shock. If the car rolls over, it is difficult for him to avoid injury or death.
Indian trains are so overloaded that if a passenger falls, falls or dies, the driver is often held accountable by his family, and it is not uncommon for him to be chased and beaten by his family.
On November 20, 2016, at least 146 people were killed and 150 injured in a high-speed train derailment in northern India. The fate of the driver has not yet been announced. Nowadays, driving a train in India is the riskiest profession.