Introduction

The derailment of the Coromontal Express near Bahan Nagar and Bazar station in Odisha took place on Friday evening. The derailed coaches of this train were then struck by another high-speed passenger train going in the opposite direction. In today's episode, we're speaking with two people to better understand the accident and what it says about the state of Indian Railways. We also spoke with railway historian Arup Chatterjee about what we should take away from this incident.