Though there were 122 fewer deaths on the Mumbai suburban railway in 2024 compared to the preceding year, the number of lives lost due to natural and unnatural causes last year—2468—is still high. For the past two years, the Kalyan, Thane, Borivli and Vasai railway police station jurisdictions saw the highest number of fatalities resulting from line crossing and falling from trains.

A box installed to prevent commuters from crossing tracks at Kurla railway station