Howrah-Mumbai Mail derails in Jharkhand: A timeline of major train accidents in the past year

The incidents have raised serious concerns about railway safety and the need for stringent measures to avoid such tragedies.

Onlookers near the derailed coaches of the Dibrugarh Express in U.P.’s Gonda district on July 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI

Several coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. Of the 18 coaches that derailed, 16 were passenger cars, one was a power car and another a pantry car. The accident occurred at 3.45 a.m. near Badabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradhatpur Division of South East Railway.

This is the fifth train accident in 2024, with the last major one being the Kanchenjunga Express derailment in Darjeeling, the hill station in West Bengal on June 2024, which left 10 people dead and dozens injured.

The incidents have raised serious concerns about railway safety and the need for stringent measures to avoid such tragedies.

Here’s a timeline on major train accidents that took place last year.