Overview

• Five commuters died and eight others were injured on June 9 after falling from overcrowded coaches near Mumbra station
• The court urged fitting automatic door-closing mechanisms on all new suburban rakes and considering retrofitment for existing trains
• Railway data show 3,588 fatalities on Mumbai’s Central and Western lines in 2024, averaging ten deaths per day
• A multidisciplinary committee is probing the Mumbra incident and a high-level “zero death mission” panel has begun fencing tracks, building boundary walls and relocating platform stalls
• Central and Western Railways must submit a detailed, time-bound safety roadmap by the next hearing on July 14