The world’s worst train disasters - Railway Technology
2014年1月1日 · Many of the worst train accidents in history occurred in the early 20th and 21st centuries, a testament to the march of technology and the importance of railway safety. The causes behind most of these disasters could be nailed down to brake failures, derailments or accidental fires.
List of American railroad accidents - Wikipedia
List of American railroad accidents. This is a list of the most serious U.S. rail-related accidents (excluding intentional acts such as the 1939 City of San Francisco derailment).
25 Worst Train Wrecks in History - List25
2024年7月21日 · From the The Quintinshill rail crash to the Torre del Bierzo rail disaster, these are the 25 worst train wrecks in history.
The 5 Worst Train Accidents in History - Arnold & Itkin LLP
Below we have compiled what we know about the 5 worst train disasters in history. They span all over the 20th century and all over the world, from 1917 to 1989, from Mexico to Russia. Take a look to learn a bit about the dark side of railway history.
Lists of rail accidents - Wikipedia
Classification of railway accidents. Derailment. Rail transport. Train wreck. Tram accident. Train-pedestrian fatalities.
A timeline of the world's worst rail disasters over the past decade ...
2023年6月4日 · On February 28, 2023, a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train on the route between Athens and Thessaloniki claimed 57 lives, in the country's worst rail accident.
Timeline: The world’s deadliest train crashes | News | Al Jazeera
2023年6月3日 · World: February 2023 – A head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train on the route between Greece’s capital, Athens, and Thessaloniki killed 57 people, in the country’s worst...
The Deadliest Train Accidents In History - Grunge
2023年6月6日 · With as many as 1,700 dead, it indisputably became the deadliest railway incident in history. In 2008, five of the carriages were restored and put back into use. In 2014, family members of the dead as well as a few survivors took the same train cars on the same path by rail in a memorial for those lost that day (per Reuters).
Deadliest Train & Railroad Accidents In History - WorldAtlas
2017年4月25日 · 1. Queen of the Sea Line #8050, Peraliya, Sri Lanka, December 26, 2004 (~1,700 dead) The worst rail disaster in the history of mankind was the Sri Lankan tsunami-related rail disaster which took place on December 26, 2004, and left more than 1,700 people dead.
Deadliest Train Accidents in American History - ENJURIS
From head-on collisions to derailments to natural disasters, here are the 5 deadliest train accidents in the history of the United States.
A list of the deadliest train tragedies that the world has witnessed
2023年6月3日 · This was the world’s worst train accident in two decades and ranks 11 in terms of fatalities. Over the years, the world has witnessed numerous railway accidents that have resulted in significant loss of life and property.
Tragedy on the tracks: Remembering the world's deadliest train accidents
2023年6月5日 · The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the deadliest recorded train disaster in history, claiming the lives of at least 1,700 people. The incident was the result of a devastating tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which caused severe destruction to railway infrastructure.
Deadliest Train Crashes in the U.S. Over the Past 25 Years - NBC News
2016年9月29日 · A Metrolink passenger train carrying 225 collided with a Union Pacific freight train on a sharp curve, killing 25 people and injuring more than 135 in one of the worst train crashes in...
The Deadliest Train Accidents In History
There's nothing quite like watching the countryside chug past your window, but that doesn't come without a few dangers. From collapsed bridges to natural dis...
The world's worst rail disasters in recent decades | The National
2023年6月3日 · The world's worst rail disasters in recent decades. Almost 300 people were killed and 900 injured when two express passenger trains and one for freight collided in the eastern state of Odisha state on Friday night. It is one of India’s worst train crashes.
Global train accidents with highest fatalities over past decade
April 2 (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed and 72 injured when a Taiwan train derailed in a tunnel on Friday after apparently hitting a truck in the island's worst rail disaster in at...
List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
There were 732 deaths from 146 accidents in 46 years when there was national rail provided by the state between 17 April 1948 and 15 October 1994. There were 92 deaths from 50 accidents in 28 years when there was privatised rail between 31 January 1995 and 24 August 2021.
A look at some of Europe’s train disasters in recent times
2023年3月1日 · In all, 19 people were killed and 171 injured in the nation’s worst train crash. Compounding the tragedy was that a similar red-light crash had happened years before and that promises to add security measures weren’t fully implemented.
India’s Train Crash: What We Know - The New York Times
2023年6月3日 · A train crash in eastern India on Friday was the country’s worst rail disaster in two decades, killing more than 270 people and renewing questions about rail safety in a country that has...
What have been India’s worst train accidents in history?
2023年6月2日 · June 4 (Reuters) - Here are details of some of the deadliest rail accidents in recent decades in India, where a railway official said at least 275 people were killed in a train crash in...