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| Aug.28 |
 India |
7 coaches of passenger train derail in western India The engine and seven coaches of a passenger train have derailed in western India, the third rail accident in the country over the last 10 d...
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| Aug.22 |
India |
74 injured as train derails in north India
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| Aug.11 |
Egypt |
Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens
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| May.13 |
Greece |
Train derailment in northern Greece leaves 4 dead, 5 injured |
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| Jan.21 |
India |
India Andhra Pradesh train crash leaves 23 dead
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| Jan.5 |
Pakistan |
Train crushes rickshaw, kills 7 school children in Pakistan |
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| Dec.27 |
India |
'Two dead' after train derails near Kanpur, India |
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| Dec.11 |
Bulgaria |
Death toll in Bulgaria tanker train explosion rises to 8 |
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| Nov.20 |
India |
India train: Rescuers comb through mangled wreckage |
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| Nov.19 |
India |
133 killed in derailment near Kanpur 
Map of Pukhrayan Uttar Pradesh India| At least 91 people have been killed after 14 carriages of Indore-Patna Express train derailed near the city of Kanpur | |
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| Nov.2 |
Karachi |
Trains crash kills 17 in Karachi |
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| Oct.8 |
New York |
Passenger train derails near New York |
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| Sep.29 |
New Jersey |
Train station crash: One dead and dozens hurt in New Jersey |
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| Sep.14 |
Pakistan |
6 people killed in Pakistan train accident |
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| Aug.21 |
Tokyo |
Typhoon Mindulle disrupts flights and trains in Japan |
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| Aug.18 |
Southern France |
France rail crash: Dozens hurt as train hits tree in hailstorm |
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| Jul.12 |
 Southern Italy |
25 people died in train collision Map of Andria Apulia Italy| Many more people are injured and some are in a critical condition. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, has visited the site. The trains were on a single-track line... | |
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| Jun.5 |
Belgium |
Three dead and nine injured in Belgium train crash |
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| May.1 |
Washington |
Washington DC chemical leak after CSX freight train derails |
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| Apr.12 |
Bavaria |
Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Apr.3 |
Philadelphia |
Amtrak Philadelphia: Two dead as train derails |
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| Mar.16 |
Washington |
Washington subway to reopen after daylong shutdown |
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| Mar.14 |
Kansas |
Amtrak train derails in Kansas |
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| Feb.16 |
Bavaria |
Germany train crash: Human error to blame |
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| Feb.9 |
 Bavaria |
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town Map of Bad Aibling Germany At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track route
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| Dec.27 |
Queensland |
Australia train derails with sulphuric acid cargo |
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| Nov.15 |
France |
France TGV crash: Children on board derailed train |
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| Nov.14 |
 France |
10 dead as French TGV high-speed train derails in east Map of Eckwersheim France A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing at least seven people on a new Paris-Strasbourg line
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| Nov.5 |
Bavaria |
Train hits truck at crossing in southern Germany; several killed |
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| Sep.11 |
Southern India |
Train derails in southern India, killing 2 people |
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| Aug.7 |
France |
Train accident: Three die as car hit on level crossing |
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| Aug.4 |
Central India |
Indian trains in deadly derailment in Madhya Pradesh
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| Jul.17 |
Johannesburg |
Train crash: 300 injured near Johannesburg
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| Jul.2 |
Tennessee |
Mass evacuation after train with toxic substance derails |
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| May.13 |
Philadelphia |
Derailed Philadelphia Amtrak train 'was speeding'
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| May.12 |
 Philadelphia |
US Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, 8 killed 
Up to 10 carriages of the Washington-New York train reportedly went of the track and a number of people have been reported injured
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| Mar.20 |
India |
India train derailment: 30 killed, 50 injured |
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| Feb.13 |
North Mexico |
16 dead after train collided with bus |
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| Feb.3 |
New York |
Six die as New York train hits car |
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| Jan.17 |
England |
Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel
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| Aug.13 |
Switzerland |
6 injured in train derailment in Swiss Alps |
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| Jul.17 |
Southern France |
Two trains collide in French city, leaving 25 injured |
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| Jul.15 |
Moscow |
Report: 20 killed in Moscow train derailment
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| May.20 |
Moscow |
Train derailment and crash kill passengers |
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| Apr.30 |
Southern India |
Twin blasts hit India express train |
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| Feb.8 |
Southern France |
Rock strike kills two on Alps train |
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| Jan.7 |
India |
Fire engulfs 3 Indian train cars, killing 9 |
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| Dec.27 |
Southern India |
Fire on express train in India kills at least 23
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| Dec.8 |
Jakarta |
Deadly train collision in Indonesia |
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| Dec.2 |
New York |
Crashed New York train 'going 82mph'
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New York |
New York train crash probe begins |
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| Dec.1 |
New York |
New York train crash kills four Four people have been killed and 63 injured in a passenger train crash in the Bronx area. The Metro-North train's locomotive and carriages d...
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| Nov.17 |
Cairo |
27 killed when train crashes into cars near Cairo
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| Oct.19 |
Argentina |
Argentine commuter train slams into station, again |
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| Sep.18 |
Canada |
Multiple deaths in Ottawa collision |
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| Sep.5 |
Spain |
Spain rail-crash driver in new tape |
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| Aug.25 |
Mexico |
Mexico migrant train derails; at least 5 dead
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| Aug.18 |
Bihar |
India express train kills people crossing track
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| Jul.30 |
Spain |
Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed |
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| Jul.28 |
Spain |
Spain funeral Mass for crash victims |
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Spain |
Train crash: Reckless homicide charge for driver |
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| Jul.27 |
Spain |
Spain train driver held 'for manslaughter' |
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| Jul.25 |
Spain |
Spain train crash: Driver faces investigation |
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| Jul.24 |
 Spain |
At least 77 die as Spanish train derails in Galicia Map of Galicia Spain A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 60 people and injuring many more. It is the worst rail accident in Spain in four decades
| All 13 carriages of the train, which was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, came off the tracks near Santiago de Compostela
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| Jul.13 |
Paris |
Train crash shadow over Bastille Day |
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Paris |
Mechanical error eyed in French train crash |
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| Jul.12 |
Paris |
French rescuers search for train survivors |
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Paris |
At least 6 dead in train derailment near Paris 22 more injured in a train derailment on Friday just south of Paris. Hollande arrived at the scene while rescue operations were under way.
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| Jul.11 |
 Canada |
20 dead, 30 presumed dead in Quebec oil train crash It has become Canada's worst railway catastrophe in almost 150 years. Some of the bodies may never be found
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| Jul.10 |
Canada |
Canada blast missing 'probably dead' |
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Canada |
CEO: Runaway train's brakes weren't properly set
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Canada |
Sixty dead or missing after Lac-Megantic train blast
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| Jul.9 |
Canada |
Evidence criminal act may have led to train crash
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Canada |
Tampering alleged in runaway train |
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| Jul.8 |
Canada |
Searchers comb Quebec blast site |
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Canada |
40 still missing after runaway train plows into town
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| Jul.7 |
Canada |
Canada runaway train death toll rises |
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| Jul.6 |
Canada |
Fuel train explodes in Canadian town Map of Lac-Megantic Canada| A train carrying petrochemicals has exploded in Lac-Megantic, forcing the evacuation of up to 1,000 people | |
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| Jan.14 |
Cairo |
Cairo military train derailment 'kills 17'
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| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children
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| Nov.9 |
Myanmar |
Many dead in Burma train crash |
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| Jul.29 |
Southern India |
Deadly fire strikes Indian train |
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| Feb.22 |
 Argentina |
Argentina train crash 'kills 49' Map of Buenos Aires Argentina A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with hundreds more injured
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| Jul.27 |
China |
China rail crash 'due to signal' |
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| Jul.23 |
 Southern China |
Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge Map of Zhejiang China At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province
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| Jan.29 |
Eastern Germany |
Train collision in Germany kills 10 |
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| Oct.1 |
Indonesia |
Trains collide, killing at least 30
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| Jul.18 |
India |
At least 45 dead in train collision
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| May.27 |
India |
100 dead after 'sabotage' derails train Map of West Bengal India Rescue workers are trying to free survivors from the wreckage of a train in eastern India after a blast on the line
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| Feb.15 |
Belgium |
18 killed in Belgian train crash
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| Dec.18 |
 England |
Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel 4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain
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| Nov.29 |
Russia |
18 still missing after train derailment |
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| Nov.28 |
 Russia |
Train wreck 'an act of terror' Investigators have found 'elements of an explosive device' at the site of the derailment of an express train
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| Nov.27 |
Russia |
Train derails, 26 died |
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| Nov.10 |
West Germany |
Enke's death apparent suicide |
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| Jun.29 |
Northern Italy |
14 die in Italian Riviera train-gas blast A gas explosion from a cargo train carrying fuel tanks killed at least five people and injured 35 others in a town in the west coastal town of...
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| Jun.22 |
Washington |
Fatal crash on subway system
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| Sep.12 |
Los Angeles |
24 killed, 135 injured in train collision Rescue workers combed their way through the mangled wreckage of a train looking for survivors; a commuter train collided with a freight trai...
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| Apr.27 |
China |
Train collision kills at least 66 |
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| Apr.18 |
Mumbai |
10 deaths a day on city's trains |
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| Dec.18 |
Pakistan |
Train crash 'kills many' |
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| Oct.6 |
Cuba |
Bus in deadly collision with train |
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| Aug.30 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Eight dead after train crash |
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| Sep.22 |
West Germany |
Magnetic train crashes An elevated train has crashed on a test track, killing 23
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| Aug.20 |
Egypt |
Train crash kills 57 |
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| Jul.3 |
Spain |
Subway crash: 41 dead Two carriages derailed and crashed in a tunnel in the eastern city of Valencia
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| Dec.25 |
Northern Japan |
Deadly train derailment |
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| Oct.28 |
Southern India |
Passenger train derails, 61 died
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| Jul.12 |
Pakistan |
128 die in train crash
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| Jun.21 |
Israel |
Seven dead in train wreck |
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| Apr.25 |
Japan |
Hunt begins for Japan crash clues |
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Japan |
Search for crash survivors |
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| Apr.24 |
 Japan |
100 dead as train derails A seven-car commuter train has derailed and ploughed into an apartment building at a railway crossing
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| Jan.26 |
Los Angeles |
Train crash in Los Angeles suburb |
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| Jan.7 |
Italy |
Train crash kills 14 |
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| Apr.22 |
 North Korea |
Many casualties in train crash 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured
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| Feb.18 |
Iran |
Train blast destroys villages, 300 killed
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| Sep.9 |
Bihar |
100 feared dead in rail tragedy
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| Feb.20 |
Egypt |
Train inferno kills 350 |
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| Dec. 12, 1917 |
Southern France |
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment Map of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne France| a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian front | |
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