2023-06-02 21:47:00
Friday’s rail accident in India, following which at least 50 people died and more than 500 were injured, it is one of the biggest railway disasters in the world in the last ten years, according to AFP.
Railway accident in GreeceFoto: Intime News/Athena Pictures / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
2023 in Greece
On February 28, 2023, a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train running between Athens and Thessaloniki (in the north) caused the death of 57 peoplebeing the worst railway accident that Greece has ever known.
2022 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On March 10, 2022, a freight train loaded with stowaways derailed in Lualaba Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 75 people and injuring 125 others.
2021 in Pakistan
On 7 June 2021, at least 63 people died when a train derailed and collided with another passenger train in southern Pakistan.
2021 in Taiwan
On April 2, 2021, at least 49 people died and 200 were injured when a train carrying about 500 passengers collided with a construction truck that slid down an embankment near the coastal city of Hualien in eastern Taiwan.
The accident was Taiwan’s worst rail disaster in decades.
2019 in Pakistan
A passenger train fire kills at least 75 people in central Pakistan on October 31, 2019.
Most of the victims were pilgrims on their way to a religious gathering. The fire is attributed to the accidental explosion of gas cylinders.
2018 in India
A train collides with worshipers gathered for a Hindu festival in the northern state of Punjab on October 19, 2018, killing around 60 people and injuring 90 others. The crowd was on the railway to watch a fireworks display.
2016 in India
The derailment of a train with nearly 2,000 people on board on November 20, 2016 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh left 146 dead and nearly 180 injured.
The 14 coaches derailed near the city of Kanpur.
2011 in India
A passenger train derailed on July 10, 2011 in northern India 150 km from the city of Lucknow. 15 carriages overturned, killing at least 35 people and injuring 100, according to AFP.
2016 in Cameroon
On 21 October 2016, a train traveling between Yaoundé and the port city of Douala derailed near the town of Eséka (central Cameroon), killing 79 people and injuring nearly 600. According to the investigation, the culprit would have been “excessive speed”.
2014 in the DRC
A cargo convoy carrying several hundred people derails on April 22, 2014 in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. For a long time, the official toll was 74 dead and 163 wounded, but a month later, the Congolese government’s news agency announced 136 dead.
2013 in Spain
A train derailed at 179 km/h on a dangerous curve, on July 24, 2013, a few kilometers from Santiago de Compostela (north-west). The toll: 80 dead and almost 180 injured.
This railway catastrophe is one of the worst in Spain. In 1944, a collision between a train traveling from Madrid to Galicia and a locomotive resulted in hundreds of deaths. In 1972, 77 people lost their lives in the derailment of a train going from Cadiz to Seville, in Andalusia.
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