I wonder if Indian railways will go into panic mode like ours did here after Hatfield and close lumps of the network (I seem to recall most all of Scotland) and put speed restrictions everywhere?
No, I don't think so.
I'm afraid that Indian Railways have a different level of tolerance to death and risk generally than you would find in the UK. Most days in Mumbai several people die on the railway. They don't stop the trains.
It reflects a different approach to death more generally. When it surrounds you all of the time, you become somewhat stoic. And in some cases, reckless.
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As far as I know, roof riding and that sort of things essentially happen on suburban trains. On a train qualified as express, you usually cannot purchase a ticket without a reservation so everyone gets a seat, I think.
Also it was said that people were caught in the accident during their sleep so it was a night train which makes roof riding even less possible.
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Despite the name, 'Express' is one of the slower classes of trains. It's definitely possible to ride without a reservation, and in the most basic classes, it can get really rammed. I have seen people riding on the outside, but normally only a few and only for a one or two stations. It's really exhausting trying to hold on to the outside, and people only do it if they are really desperate.
The pictures you sometimes see of trains with hundreds on top are not typical at all. In fact, most of the pictures I have seen like that have been from other countries in South Asia. Indian Railways have been getting increasingly strict.
