361 railway workers have died in the past five years while on duty, due to train accidents during maintenance work on railway tracks, data tabled in Rajya Sabha by Ministry of Railways states.
The largest number of deaths, up to 44 occurred in the Central Railway, followed by 40 deaths in the Northern Railway and 31 deaths in the North Central Railway. East Central Railway has recorded 30 deaths followed by 24 deaths each in South East Central Railway, and North Western Railway. Southern Railway has recorded 20 deaths.
West Central Railway, Western Railway and East Coast Railway have recorded 19 deaths each. Also, Eastern Railway recorded 23 deaths, South Central Railway (18), Northeast Frontier Railway (16), South Eastern Railway (15), North Eastern Railway (13), South Western Railway (6).
