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>>942055766 (OP)
GPT-5:
"Yeah — it’s one of those stats that sounds like internet exaggeration until you dig into the NCRB and Indian Railways numbers.
India’s rail network is massive—over 60,000 km of track and 20-plus million daily passengers—and it cuts straight through dense cities, villages, and open countryside. When you add in:
people using the tracks as footpaths or shortcuts,
overcrowded suburban trains with open doors,
limited fencing and pedestrian crossings,
and the sheer population living right beside the rails,
you end up with tens of thousands of accidents a year. It’s not “cultural,” it’s infrastructure and scale.
The positive side: Indian Railways has been rolling out safety upgrades like automatic anti-collision systems (Kavach), more footbridges, and fencing on urban corridors. It’s a huge challenge, but the modernization push since 2022 has started showing small declines in the most preventable categories.
It’s one of those reminders that statistics can hide incredible human cost — the number’s real, but it’s rooted in decades of systemic under-investment and urban crowding, not any lack of awareness or care by the people living there."
SAAR PLEASE TO NOT RUN A TRAIN ON ME