> The figures, which were obtained for The Times using India's Right to Information Act, show that most deaths were people being run over while trespassing on the tracks. The next biggest cause of death - equivalent to more than three every working day - was of passengers who fell (or were pushed) from carriages that travel at 64km/h, have no doors and are often dangerously full.
>
> Another 41 people perished after being bludgeoned by trackside poles while hanging out of overcrowded trains. Twenty-one were electrocuted by power cables when they sat on the roof.