(Source: ANI/Twitter) Four passengers aboard a crowded suburban train died after they hit a hard surface and fell off at St Thomas Mount in Chennai early on Tuesday morning. All seven were reportedly travelling on the footboard of a suburban fast service from Chengalpet to Chennai Beach when the accident occurred, between Pazhavanthangal and St. Thomas Mount stations. Four dead, many critical after falling off crowded local train in Chennai The incident took place at the busy St Thomas Mount station on Tuesday.

"An unidentified, unauthorised person operated the local train with 35 passengers from Chennai Central Rail Terminal around 5 a.m. and rammed it into a stationary goods train at the northern Vyasarpadi suburb," a Southern Railway spokesperson told IANS. Maharashra accident: Rail safety watchdog calls for 'abundant caution' to avoid recurrence of such incident 08 May, 2020, 06.55 PM IST. Atleast 10 others sustained serious injuries in the incident. India's deadliest rail accidents were the Bihar train disaster (500–800 killed), the Firozabad rail disaster (358 killed), the Gaisal train disaster (285 killed) and the Khanna rail disaster (212 killed). Aurangabad train accident: Survivors raised alarm, but in vain 08 May, 2020, 04.03 PM IST. According to sources, the EMU train was on its way from Chennai Beach to Thirumalpur and the mishap occured while the train was entering into St. Thomas Mount Station around 8.15 am. Survivors of the Aurangabad train accident frantically raised alarm to alert their group members sleeping on tracks about a fast-approaching freight train, but it all went in vain as 16 of them were crushed to death at the crack of dawn on Friday.

The following is an incomplete chronological List of railway accidents and incidents in India. Four killed in Chennai suburban train accident on Tuesday morning. "The unidentified train operator and six others died in the accident. news Accident Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 10:36