Train Accident In India 2025. The train was travelling at the speed of 84kpmh when the derailment occurred at 2.31pm at km 638/500. At least nine people were killed and 25 others were injured after the kanchanjunga express met with a collision on monday morning (june 7), when a container freight train slammed into it near west bengal’s new jalpaiguri.
Indian authorities have arrested three railway officials as part of an investigation into one of the deadliest train crashes in the country’s history. To improve track maintenance and safety for commuters, union railway minister ashwini vaishnaw recently took a significant step in modernising india’s railway network by.