2023 Odisha train collision

Coordinates: 21°20′17″N 86°45′52″E

On 2 June 2023, three trains collided in Balasore district, in

the state of Odisha in eastern India. The Coromandel
Odisha train collision
Express entered the passing loop instead of the main line
near Bahanaga Bazar railway station at full speed and
collided with a goods train. Due to the high speed of the
Coromandel Express, its 21 coaches derailed and three of
those collided with the oncoming SMVT Bengaluru–
Howrah Superfast Express on the adjacent track.

A total of 294 people were killed in the crash and 1,175[4] Wreckage of three compartments of the
others were injured. It was India's deadliest railway crash Coromandel Express
since the Firozabad rail collision in 1995, although the
Gaisal train collision in 1999 may have killed more people.
It was also the deadliest rail disaster worldwide since the
2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck.[5][6]

Crash
On 2 June 2023, the 12841 Coromandel Express was
travelling from Shalimar in Howrah, West Bengal, to MGR
Chennai Central in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on the up main
line at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station. Around the same Location of collision
time, the 12864 Bengaluru–Howrah Express was travelling
in the opposite direction from SMVT Bengaluru in
Bangalore, Karnataka, to Howrah on the adjacent down
main line. Both trains, not scheduled to stop at the railway
station and having received a green signal indicating it was
safe to proceed along the main line, were at their highest
permitted speed of 128 km/h (80 mph).[7][8]

At about 19:00 IST (13:30 GMT), the Coromandel Express

was supposed to continue straight on the up main line but
was wrongly switched to the parallel up loop line at full
speed, where it collided with a stationary goods train laden
with iron ore. Because of the high impact speed, 21 coaches
of the train were derailed from the main line.[7][9][10][11] Crash location on a map of India
The goods train did not derail or move.[7]
Details
Three of the derailed coaches from the Coromandel Express Date 2 June 2023
careened into the adjacent track and whiplashed the tail end around 19:00 IST (13:30
of the Bengaluru–Howrah Express crossing the station at UTC)[1]
the same time.[7] Two unreserved coaches and the brake Location Near Bahanaga Bazar
van of the Bengaluru–Howrah Express were derailed. The railway station, Balasore,
remainder of the train, which included the engine and 20
coaches, left with its passengers and continued to Balasore, Odisha
where a further damaged coach was detached. The Coordinates 21°20′17″N 86°45′52″E
remaining 19 coaches then continued their journey to the
Country India
train's destination of Howrah. It was reported that the
reserved compartments of the Bengaluru–Howrah Express Operator Indian Railways
sustained no passenger fatalities or injuries. Officials said Incident type Derailment, double
that ascertaining the identification of passengers on the collision
unreserved coaches would take time.[12] Cause Under investigation;
Change in electronic
interlocking from
signalling error[2][3]
Statistics
Trains 3 trains

A goods train loaded

with iron ore
12841 Coromandel
SF Express between
Shalimar and MGR
Chennai Central
12864 SMVT
Bengaluru–Howrah
SF Express between
SMVT Bengaluru and
Howrah
Deaths 294
Injured 1,175

Simplified diagram of the 2023 Odisha train collision

Emergency response
Indian Railways published the reservation charts of both the External videos
passenger trains on its website.[ ‡ 1][ ‡ 2] The railways and the Aerial visuals of the accident site
governments of Odisha, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu also issued on 3 June (https://twitter.com/ANI/st
helpline numbers.[13][14] According to the Odisha Chief atus/1664871074356690945) via
Secretary Pradeep Jena, three National Disaster Response Force ANI on Twitter
(NDRF) units, four Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force units,
more than 15 fire rescue teams, 100 doctors, 200 police personnel Animated explanation of the
and 200 ambulances were mobilised for the rescue operations. It accident (https://www.ndtv.com/vide
was reported that four other NDRF teams were on the way to the o/news/news/4-tracks-3-trains-disas
crash site. Local bus companies assisted in transporting injured
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passengers.[15][16] Local civilians provided passengers with water
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and helped them retrieve their luggage where possible.[17]

The Government of West Bengal sent 30 ambulances to assist with

the rescue and recovery of the wounded. In addition, 40 doctors
and several nursing staff were sent.[18] The Government of Tamil
Nadu sent a high level delegation comprising two state ministers
and three IAS officers to Odisha to assist the passengers bound for
Chennai and observe the situation. It also arranged a treatment
facility with 70 beds at Chennai's Rajiv Gandhi Government
General Hospital.[19]

The search for and recovery of trapped and injured passengers Members of the National Disaster
continued through the night of 2 June and was concluded on the Response Force on the site, June 3
afternoon of 3 June.[20][21] Search dogs were used to find
survivors.[21] South Eastern Railway announced that efforts had
commenced to restore the crash site the next day.[16] A number of
locals from Balasore, Bhadrak, and Cuttack came to hospitals to
donate blood.[22]

Victims
A total of 294 people died in the crash.[23] Almost all of the dead
were in the first three cars of the Coromandel Express, in the so- A scene from interior part of inverted
called general category coaches, where many passengers stand.[24] Coromandel coach after the
Bodies of deceased passengers were taken to a local high school, collision, June 4
chosen due to its open spaces and location close to the crash
site.[25] Identification of bodies was made more difficult due to
burns or other trauma, causing officials to use luggage, phones, and
other belongings to try to identify the passengers.[25] The rail
service only had names for passengers with reserved seats.[24]

By the evening of 3 June, Odisha government officials said that

1,175 people had been admitted to hospitals as a result of the crash; Rescue operations being conducted
793 of those people had been released, and 382 were still at the crash site
undergoing treatment.[20] Local hospitals were overwhelmed by the
influx of injured people, but worked to provide patients with
adequate care.[22]

Both the driver and assistant driver of the Coromandel Express survived the crash.[26]

Aftermath
The railways announced that they would pay compensation of ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) to families of the
deceased, ₹2 lakh (US$2,500) to the severely injured and ₹50,000 (US$630) to those with minor injuries.
Further, ex gratia compensation of ₹2 lakh from the PMNRF would be given to the families of the
deceased and ₹50,000 to the injured.[27][28]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that ₹5 lakh (US$6,300) in compensation would
be paid to families of passengers from West Bengal who had been killed, ₹1 lakh (US$1,300) to those who
had been critically injured, and ₹50,000 to those with minor injuries.[29]

Following the crash, NDTV reported that at least 48 trains on the

affected route had been cancelled, 39 trains had been diverted onto
a different route, and 10 had been short-terminated;[5] Hindustan
Times reported that more than 150 trains were impacted.[20] The
inaugural run of the Mumbai CSMT–Madgaon Vande Bharat
Express, which had been scheduled for 3 June, was cancelled.[30]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation directed airlines to ensure that
airfares would not surge in response to increased travel demand.[31]
Bus fares in the region, however, showed a steep rise.[32] Excavators clearing the tracks two
days after the event
Two trains, the Bengaluru–Howrah Express and a special train,
arrived at Howrah on 3 June with 643 passengers. Arrangements
were made for the passengers' medical needs at the station. The critically injured had already been
hospitalised in Balasore. Buses were arranged by the Regional Transport Office to take passengers
home.[33] Another train left from Bhadrak for Chennai with 195 stranded passengers. According to an
official, it would also board passengers of Coromandel Express at stations on the way.[34] On 3 June, a bus
carrying passengers from the crash site to medical facilities in West Bengal crashed into another vehicle in
West Bengal's Medinipur. Some passengers may have suffered minor injuries.[35] The passenger train
service resumed on 5 June after more than 51 hours of restoration work.[36]

Investigation
A preliminary investigation conducted by Kharagpur railway division officials indicates that the following
occurred at the site of crash:[37][38]

The Coromandel Express was heading towards Chennai on a southbound line at a speed of
128 km/h (80 mph) and was initially given the signal to proceed on the main line. However,
for unknown reasons, the signal was then taken off for the main line and the track was
switched to a loop line adjacent to the main line.[39]
The Coromandel Express then hit the rear end of a stationary goods train which was on the
loop line. This caused the locomotive of the Coromandel Express to climb over the goods
train wagon and caused the derailment of the Coromandel Express's 22 coaches.
In the meantime, the Bengaluru–Howrah Express, which was heading towards Howrah on
the northbound line at a speed of 126 km/h (78 mph), was passing the Coromandel Express
in the opposite direction. At the moment of the crash, most of the coaches of the Bengaluru–
Howrah Express, but not its rear end, had passed the other train.
When the Coromandel Express derailed, three of its coaches hit the last two coaches of
Bengaluru–Howrah Express; consequently, those five coaches saw the most casualties.

The railway authorities stated that the anti-collision system had not yet been deployed on the track where
the collision happened, despite their having been warned twice in the six months before the incident about
the missing anti-collision signalling system and other shortcomings that contributed to causing the
derailment. In February 2023, the principal chief operating manager of South Western Railways zone had
written to the authorities after the Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express via Ballari Junction narrowly escaped
a collision. He had warned South Western Railways that there would be derailments if the glitches in the
signalling system remained unfixed. A December 2022 report on derailments by the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India had warned that lack of adequate staffing in the safety department by the Indian
Railways would impact the quality of maintenance. The report also stated that railway safety funds had
fallen short of their target every year for the last four years and were misused for buy electrical appliances,
furniture and jackets, develop gardens, and pay salaries and bonuses. That report contradicted the claims by
Indian Railways that the accident was not a reflection of deeper safety issues in the system.[40][41][42][43]

On 4 June, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that a "change in electronic interlocking", an error
in electronic signals, caused the crash.[2][3] Railway Board member Jaya Varma said that the electronic
interlocking system is "fail-safe" in 99.9% of cases but this rare case of failure might have been caused by a
wire cut during digging or some sort of short circuit.[44][45]

Vaishnaw said that the railway board had recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-led probe,
a move that is a deviation from the normal procedure. He claimed that the Commission of Railway Safety
(CRS) "has investigated the matter". A former longtime railways worker and board member questioned the
government claim of that they had identified the perpetrator, even before identifying the cause of crash,
which is not yet known. They also stated CRS personnel are more competent in the matter of Railways
than CBI. He said that an advantage of investigation by CRS over the CBI probe is that the CBI probe will
only identify the culprits, while the CRS investigation will also uncover systemic failures providing a
review of current safety precautions and methods in which the Railways can improve.[46]

Vaishnaw also suggested someone had changed the point rails as an act of sabotage. A signalling inspector
said this was "extremely unlikely" due to time constraints; typically the points are set in the correct direction
after getting the signal that the train has passed the previous station, and once the points have been set, they
cannot be reset for at least two minutes. At the speed the train was travelling, it would take 141 seconds to
reach Bahanaga Bazar station from the previous station (Panpana), leaving less than 20 seconds for a
potential saboteur to make the change. Altering the points would also require collusion with the station
master. But even if the point was reversed, the question of signalling the green light for train to continue still
remains unanswered.[46]

On Friday 7 July 2023, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced significant progress in the
case related to the Odisha train accidents. The CBI arrested three railway officials believed to be
responsible for the accidents. According to reports, there is evidence suggesting that these railway officials
were fully aware that their actions could lead to such a catastrophic tragedy. As a result, they have been
taken into custody under sections 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and
201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of an offence or providing false information to shield an
offender) of the Indian Penal Code.

Reactions
Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, expressed his distress
over the incident and extended his thoughts to the grieving
families.[47] Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the
incident as "profoundly distressing.”[16] Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik and the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee expressed their concerns over the disaster.[48][49] Leaders
from neighbouring countries of India and across the world Prime Minister Narendra Modi
expressed their condolences for the loss of life, and extended meeting victims of the crash at a
support to India.[50][51] hospital in Balasore, Odisha
Both the Chief Minister of Odisha[52] and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu declared a day of mourning
and the latter announced a compensation of ₹5 lakh (US$6,300) to the kin of those who had died.[53]

Many opposition parties, including Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of
India (Marxist), and Communist Party of India asked for Railway Minister Vaishnaw's resignation.[54]

Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the All India Congress Committee and former railway minister, referred to
a letter from February in which he questioned the Ministry of Railways about their oversight of a crucial
warning.[55] He criticized the government for not implementing the anti-train-collision system. He stated
that both the Prime Minister Modi and Railway Minister Vaishnaw seemed reluctant to acknowledge the
existence of problems.[56][55]

See also
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Trains portal

List of rail accidents (2020–present)

List of railway accidents and incidents in India

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