As per figures provided by the railway police commissionerate, during the same period, an equal number of people were injured.
Rail-related accidents have claimed 50,000 lives in Mumbai from 2002 to 2015, an RTI query has revealed.
As per figures provided by the railway police commissionerate, during the same period, an equal number of people were injured.
The RTI application was filed by Chetan Kothari. The central railway, which has approximately 200 km of route under it, saw as many as 30,351 deaths. The western railway, which has a 120 km network, followed with19,852 deaths.
The maximum number of deaths, at 31,515, occurred while crossing railway lines. That was followed by death due to fall from trains.
Falling from trains accounted for maximum injuries.
Kurla on the central line and Borivli on the western line saw the maximum casuaties. Over 6,591 people lost their lives in Kurla for different reasons in the 13- year period while the figure for Borivli stood at 5,494. An RTI application had earlier revealed that Kurla is the fifth most-populated station on the central line and Borivli the most populated on the western line.
While 28,267 people were injured in the central line, 22,236 people were injured in the western line.
"It is high time the railways did something to address the issue. The railways need to have wider foot over bridges (FOB) and regulate track-crossing. They need to keep the FOBs clear and not cancel or move trains to other platforms that gets commuters to cross tracks," said Kothari.
While the divisional managers of central and western railways were not available for comment, Prabhat Sahai, chariman and managing director of Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation, said: "Railways are working towards reducing causalties and injuries. As per MUTP 2, 12 stations have been identified where work on FOB, boundary walls, fencing between tracks and escalators are being taken up. The work on all of them will be over by December. That apart, as per MUTP 3, we have selected 22 locations where work will start."
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