Commuters falling from trains leading cause of injuries in 2016, say Mumbai railway police

Most of the cases were reported at suburban stations when passengers were rushing towards city for work...

Passengers falling from the trains constituted the highest number of injuries on the Mumbai railway suburban railway network in 2016, revealed the statistics compiled by the Government Railway Police (GRP).

Stats revealed that the number of passengers falling from the trains is highest during peak hours. (HT file)

As per the statistics, a total 3363 persons were left injured. The highest causes were crossing line (379), falling down from train (1498), accidental (671), dash to the pole (85), fall in the gap of platform (19), electric shock (36) amongst other reasons. The injuries were highest on CR with 1,856 persons being injured while WR reported 1,507 injuries.

As per the data, the railway stations with highest number of injuries were Andheri (159), Borivali (98), Dadar (93) and Vasai road (91) on WR, Kalyan (147), CST local (114), Thane (71), Dombivali (70) Kurla (51) on CR, Wadala road (34), Vashi (27), Mankhurd (25) and Govandi (23) on harbour railway.

Officials said application of stringent penal provision against offenders, deployment of personnel and improving the infrastructure, which must go hand-in-hand, should be enough to act as deterrent for trespassers. “The numbers of passengers falling from the trains are highest during peak hours when the rush is huge. Most of the cases are reported at suburban stations when passengers are rushing towards city for work,” said a GRP officer requesting anonymity.