At least 34 people have been killed by a train while crossing a railway track in eastern India.
The crash triggered a protest by passengers who beat the driver unconscious, attacked other staff and torched a carriage, officials and media said.
Reports said dozens were injured.
Railways spokesman Anil Saxena said some of those hit by the express train were Hindu pilgrims, who had left two trains at Dhamara station, 180km east of Patna, the capital of Bihar state.
"Passengers got out of the train, came on the track and they were moving on that track. That is the time they got run over," Arunendra Kumar, chairman of the Railway Board, told a news conference in New Delhi.
About 40 people on average die every day on India's vast but decrepit railway network.
Many of the victims are believed to be people who live in slums near the lines and use them as open toilets. Some passengers fall off overcrowded commuter trains.
