Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that India had touched its “highest ever benchmark of rail safety”, with consequential train accidents falling from an annual average of 171 between 2004 and 2014 to just 11 in 2025-26 (so far).

According to the figures placed before Parliament, consequential train accidents have reduced from 135 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2024-25 and 11 till November this year.

The minister attributed this decline to a decade of aggressive modernisation, including electronic interlocking at 6,656 stations, interlocked gates at 10,098 level crossings and complete track-circuiting at 6,661 stations.

“It is backed by a multi-fold rise in safety spending, massive technological upgrades, faster investigations into sabotage attempts and closer coordin

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