– 2023 in Greece –
On February 28, 2023, the front of a freight train collided with the front of a passenger train connecting Athens and Thessaloniki (north), killing 57 people, in the worst train accident Greece has ever seen. known.
– 2022 in the Democratic Republic of Congo –
On March 10, 2022, a freight train carrying illegal migrants derailed in Lualaba province in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 75 people and injuring 125 others.
– 2021 in Pakistan –
At least 63 people died on June 7, 2021 in a train derailment followed by a collision with another passenger train in southern Pakistan.
– 2021 in Taiwan –
On April 2, 2021, at least 49 people were killed and 200 injured when a train carrying around 500 passengers collided with a construction truck that slid off a bridge near the port city of Hualien, South Korea. is from Taiwan. The crash is the island’s worst train disaster in decades.
– 2019 in Pakistan –
A fire that broke out on a passenger train claimed the lives of at least 75 people on October 31, 2019 in central Pakistan. Most of the victims were pilgrims on their way to a religious gathering. The accident was attributed to an accidental explosion of gas cylinders.
– 2018 in India –
A train rammed worshipers who had 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 train tracks to watch the fireworks.
– 2016 in India –
A train carrying around 2,000 people derailed on November 20, 2016 in the state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 146 people and injuring around 180.
The 14 trailers derailed near the town of Kanpur.
– 2016 in Cameroon –
On October 21, 2016, a train connecting Yaoundé to the coastal city of Douala derailed near the town of Isika (center), killing 79 people and injuring nearly 600.
The investigation concluded that the cause of the accident was “excessive speed”.
– 2014 in the Democratic Republic of Congo –
A convoy of goods carrying hundreds of people derailed on April 22, 2014 in Katanga, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The official toll had long said 74 people had been killed and 163 injured, but the state news agency reported a month later that 136 people had been killed.
– 2013 in Spain –
A train traveling at a speed of 179 km/h on a high slope, kilometers from Santiago de Compostela (north-west), derailed on July 24, 2013. 80 people died in the accident and around 180 were injured.
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