Overview

• Overcrowding forced commuters onto footboards of two trains passing on a sharp curve, triggering a collision that left four dead and nine injured near Mumbra station on June 9
• The Railway Board has ordered automatic door-closing systems for all new Mumbai suburban rakes and will retrofit existing coaches with the safety feature
• Engineers plan louvred doors, roof-mounted ventilation and inter-coach vestibules to prevent suffocation risks, with the first upgraded train due by November 2025 and service by January 2026
• Central Railway has constituted a five-member committee under its safety chief to identify root causes and recommend measures to avert similar tragedies
• Maharashtra will grant ₹500,000 compensation to each bereaved family and cover all medical expenses for the injured as calls mount for relief and decongestion of the overloaded network