10 railway disasters with the most casualties
10. Awash rail disaster
The train derailed on the bridge over the Awash River Gorge.
- number of victims: 428
- date: January 13, 1985
- country: Ethiopia
9. Torre del Bierzo rail disaster
Failure of the brakes led to a collision of 3 trains.
- number of victims: approx. 500
- date: January 3, 1944
- country: Spain
8. Balvano train disaster
Due to the slippery tracks, the train stopped in the middle of the Armi tunnel. 517 people died after poisoning with carbon monoxide.
- number of victims: 517
- date: March 3, 1944
- country: Italy
7. Ufa train disaster
The disaster was caused by an explosion of natural gas.
- number of victims: 575
- date: June 4, 1989
- country: USSR
6. Guadalajara train disaster
The train fell into a deep canyon.
- number of victims: approx. 600
- date: January 22, 1915
- country: Mexico
5. Vereshchyovka train disaster
The train derailed on a bridge that was damaged by a previously passing tank train.
- number of victims: approx. 650
- date: January 24, 1944
- country: USSR
4. Bihar train derailment
The train, crossing the bridge, derailed and fell into the Bagmati River.
- number of victims: approx. 700
- date: June 6, 1981
- country: India
3. Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
The train derailed, going down a 3.3% hill. The brakes failed. The machine accelerated to 102 km / h in a place where the speed limit was 40 km / h. About 800 French soldiers died.
- number of victims: approx. 800
- date: December 12, 1917
- country: France
2. Ciurea rail disaster
The train derailed at 95 km / h. There was a powerful explosion and fire.
- number of victims: approx. 1,000
- date: January 14, 1917
- country: Romania
1. Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
The tsunami wave hit a train travelling about 200 m from the coastline.
- number of victims: over 1,700
- date: December 26, 2004
- country: Sri Lanka
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