A PACKED commuter train, which was behind schedule and may have been speeding, jumped the tracks yesterday, killing 57 people and injuring 440 in Japan’s worst rail accident in 40 years.

Rescue workers in Japan say the death toll from today's commuter train crash has now increased 56.

A crowded commuter train derailed and smashed into a block of flats in western Japan today, killing at least 37 people and injuring 200 others.