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Skip to content Sections SEARCH Asia Pacific SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Saturday, June 3, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Asia Pacific|Modi Arrives at Scene of Train Crash That Killed Over 280 in India https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/world/asia/india-train-crash.html * Give this article * * * 3 INDIA TRAIN CRASH * What to Know * A Devastating Rail Disaster * Modi Visits the Scene * Video Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story MODI ARRIVES AT SCENE OF TRAIN CRASH THAT KILLED OVER 280 IN INDIA The disaster, which officials said had involved three trains, had a stark toll even given India’s history of deadly crashes. * Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Give this article * * * 3 * Read in app India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, visiting the site of a train crash in the eastern state of Odisha, India, on Saturday.Credit...Press Information Bureau, via Reuters By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar Reporting from New Delhi June 3, 2023Updated 9:40 a.m. ET India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, had been scheduled on Saturday to inaugurate the latest in a series of new high-speed trains highlighting his government’s expanded infrastructure investment as he seeks a third term in office early next year. Instead, he arrived at the devastating scene of the country’s deadliest rail disaster in decades. At least 288 people were killed and more than 700 others injured on Friday night in what officials described in a preliminary government report as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and one freight train in the eastern state of Odisha. The toll, exceptionally large even in a nation with a long history of deadly crashes, renewed longstanding questions about safety problems in a system that transports more than eight billion passengers a year. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The precise cause of the disaster remained unclear on Saturday. At least 17 cars of the two passenger trains had derailed, some so twisted in the subsequent collision that teams of rescue workers with dogs and cutting equipment were still laboring to recover the bodies. Together, the two passenger trains had been carrying at least 2,200 people, according to railway officials. SITE OF THE TRAIN CRASH Bahanaga Road crossing Passenger cars Severe damage 250 feet Freight cars Bahanaga Bazar rail station INDIA Site of accident Odisha Bahanaga Road crossing Passenger cars Severe damage 250 feet Freight cars INDIA Site of accident Odisha Bahanaga Bazar rail station Road crossing Bahanaga Passenger cars 250 feet North Severe damage Freight cars INDIA Site of accident Odisha Bahanaga Bazar rail station Source: Approximate locations of train cars based on photographs and video from the scene. Satellite image by Airbus. By Lazaro Gamio, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali and Karan Deep Singh “It was a devastating scene, because the train was at high speed, full speed,” said Sudhanshu Sarangi, the chief of Odisha’s fire service, who had arrived at the scene. “The goods train was stationary; the other two trains were running.” Mr. Modi, who led a high-level review meeting before arriving in Odisha to assess the damage, promised “all possible assistance” for the victims’ families. “In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families,” Mr. Modi wrote on Twitter. “May the injured recover soon.” The government in the state, which is home to about 45 million people, declared a day of mourning. Dozens of trains were canceled. Teams from the Army, Air Force and National Disaster Response Force were mobilized to help. And people near the crash site were lining up to donate blood. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The crash occurred about 7 p.m. local time on Friday when several cars of one train derailed and collided with a second train in Balasore District, the train’s operator, South Eastern Railway, said in a statement. Local officials said the tangle had ultimately involved a third train that was carrying freight. Video Advertisement LIVE 00:00 0:45 Deadly Train Derailments in India By Reuters and The Associated Press 0:45Deadly Train Derailments in India Video shows rescuers attempting to free people trapped in the wreckage after two trains derailed in the eastern state of Odisha.CreditCredit...Dibyangshu Sarkar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Shashwat Gupta, 25, an information technology worker who had boarded one of the trains in Kolkata along with his sister and her children to visit his parents in the city of Cuttack in Odisha, said their coach had flipped “to a 90-degree angle” after a sudden jerk. “I could locate the emergency window, and we managed to get out of the train,” he said. “In the other coaches I could hear shouting, crying. There was a lot of blood.” Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister of railways, told reporters on Saturday that he had ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the crash. “Our immediate focus is on rescue and relief,” he said from the site of the disaster. “We will know more after the inquiry.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Image At the site of passenger trains that derailed in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.Credit...Piyal Adhikary/EPA, via Shutterstock India’s railway system, one of the largest in the world, was first developed in the 19th century by the British colonial authorities. Today, more than 40,000 miles of track — enough to wrap around the Earth about one and a half times — spread like capillaries over a nation about twice the size of Alaska that stretches from the Himalayas to tropical rainforests. Passenger safety has come under scrutiny in India in recent years. In 2012, a committee appointed to review the safety of the rail network cited “a grim picture of inadequate performance largely due to poor infrastructure and resources.” It recommended a host of urgent measures, including upgrading tracks, repairing bridges, eliminating road-level crossings and replacing old train cars with ones that better protect passengers in case of an accident. Image Onlookers as rescuers worked at the site on Saturday.Credit...Piyal Adhikary/EPA, via Shutterstock The Modi administration has since spent tens of billions of dollars to renovate and modernize old trains and tracks, resulting in a major improvement in train safety in recent years. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The prime minister had been scheduled on Saturday to inaugurate, by video conference, India’s 19th Vande Bharat Express train, a new electric model manufactured domestically, featuring technology that helps reduce the risk of collisions. Mr. Modi’s office said on Friday that the train, which will run between the western city of Mumbai and the southern state of Goa, would “provide the people of the region the means to travel with speed and comfort.” But in a system weakened by years of neglect, deadly problems persist. Suhasini Raj contributed reporting. Mujib Mashal is The Times’s bureau chief for South Asia. Born in Kabul, he wrote for magazines including The Atlantic, Harper’s and Time before joining The Times. @MujMash Hari Kumar is a reporter in the New Delhi bureau. He joined The Times in 1997. @HariNYT Read 3 Comments * Give this article * * * 3 * Read in app Advertisement Continue reading the main story COMMENTS 3 Modi Arrives at Scene of Train Crash That Killed Over 280 in IndiaSkip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility. 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