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2000s

2000

• January 4, 2000 – Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two passenger trains collide on Rørosbanen killing 19 people. The fire after the collision of the two diesel powered trains lasted nearly 6 hours.
• February 6, 2000 – Brühl, Germany: An express night train from Amsterdam, Holland to Basel, Switzerland on the mainline between Köln and Bonn passes a construction area at excess speed and derails at Brühl station, crashing into a nearby house. 9 die.
• March 2, 2000 – Kølkær, Denmark: Two regional trains collide frontally after one passes a red signal. 3 die and 39 are injured.
• March 8, 2000 – Tokyo train disaster, Japan: A Tokyo subway train derails and is hit by another train on the next track; four are killed and 33 are injured.
• April 5, 2000 – Lillestrøm in Skedsmo, Norway: A freight train's brakes fail between Strømmen and Lillestrøm; it collides with another stationary freight train at Lillestrøm station. Two gas wagons loaded with propane catch fire and 2000 people are evacuated in fear of a BLEVE, but there are no casualties.
• August 15, 2000 - 13 die near Kenya's fourth largest city, Kisumu after a passenger train rolls back because of brake failure.
• August 19, 2000 - at least 25 burn to death after a goods train carrying gas rolls back and hits stationary wagons, exploding in the process.
• October 17, 2000 – Hatfield rail crash, England, United Kingdom: As the London-Leeds express passes at 115 mph (185 km/h), a faulty rail shatters into 300 pieces because of a condition known as rolling contact fatigue. Four are killed, and 102 are injured. Implications of this rail failure forces biggest and most expensive re-railing exercise in British history, with huge service disruption for many months. Operator Railtrack is found guilty in one of the longest rail-related trials in UK legal history, but manslaughter charges against company managers are not sustained.
• June 6, 2000 - A bomb explodes on a train in Bathinda, killing two people and injuring 1.
• June 28, 2000 - 13 children die after a goods train they were riding on derails in Padang. The Indonesian government cracks down on passengers clinging onto the sides of freight trains as a means of free travel. (Source- BBC)
• November 11, 2000 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular train catches fire in a tunnel due to an unsafely installed heater, 155 die.
• December 2, 2000 – Sarai Banjara rail disaster, a crowded commuter train crashes into a derailed freight train in the Punjab. More than 45 are killed.
• December 30, 2000 - Rizal Day bombings, Philippines: A bomb explodes on a Manila Light Rail Transit System train in a terrorist attack near Blumentritt station. 22 died and hundreds were injured.

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2001

• January 12, 2001 – Nvoungouti, Congo: Over 30 people killed when two trains collide because of a brake failure at Nvoungouti.^[1]
• February 7, 2001–Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Northland passenger train derails in the Don Valley near the Bayview Extension and Pottery Road area. Twenty-three passengers were on board; two slightly injured.^{[citation needed]}
• February 28, 2001 – Selby rail crash, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom: A driver on England's M62 motorway falls asleep at the wheel and runs off the road, landing on railway tracks; he escapes, but the car is almost instantly hit by a passenger train, which derails and hits a coal train coming in the opposite direction. 10 people are killed, over 80 are injured.
• March 27, 2001 – Pécrot rail crash, Pécrot, Belgium: Two passenger trains collide on the same track, killing 8 and injuring 12.
• April 12, 2001 – Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada: a teenager tampered with a control switch on the VIA Rail Canada's Ocean. Many people were injured in the resulting crash.
• May 15, 2001 – Toledo, Ohio, United States: A CSX freight train runs away in the yard at Toledo, carrying 47 cars, including some with hazardous molten phenol acid, and no engineer aboard. The engineer had stepped out to reset a switch but had improperly applied the dynamic brake. It runs unmanned for 66 miles (106 km) to Kenton, Ohio before being stopped by a railroad worker who jumps aboard and manages to stop it. CSX also previously managed to couple an engine onto the end of the train and slow it down to 10 mph.^[2]
• June 21, 2001 – Kadalundi River rail disaster, Kerala, India: 57 people are killed.
• July 18, 2001 – Howard Street Fire, Baltimore, Maryland, United States: A 60-car CSX train carrying chemicals and wood products derails in a 1.7 miles (3 km) long tunnel under Baltimore, causing a fire that burns for six days and water contamination.^[3]
• August 19, 2001 – Kurunegala train crash, Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan trail derails because of speeding and overcrowding. 13 people are killed.^[4]
• September 2, 2001 – Cirebon, Indonesia: A passenger train and a locomotive collide, killing 40 and seriously injuring 37.^[5]
• November 8, 2001 – Russia: A nuclear waste train from Bulgaria crashes at midnight between the Krasnoyarsk and Kemerovo on the Trans-Siberian railway . 14 of the 20 tanker-wagons derail and the line is closed for about 12 hours. 1km of track is damaged in the crash as well.^[6]
• December 18, 2001 – Orestiada, Greece: 1 person dies after a train becomes stuck in a snow drift and derails at the town of Orestiada, near the Bulgarian border. Temperatures fall as low as −10 degrees Celsius.^[7]

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2002

• January 18, 2002 – Minot, North Dakota, United States: A Canadian Pacific Railway train derails at 01:40 CST near a residential area west of Minot; the derailment results in a massive anhydrous ammonia leak. Seven of 15 tank cars rupture, releasing more than 750,000 liters (200,000 US gallons) of anhydrous ammonia which vaporizes in the sub-zero air, forming a toxic cloud that drifts over much of Minot. One man dies and numerous others are treated for chemical exposure.^[8]
• February 6, 2002 – Charlotte’s Dale train crash, South Africa: Two commuter trains collide in Charlotte’s Dale near Durban, resulting in 22 fatalities, of which 16 are children.^[9]
• February 20, 2002 – Al Ayatt train disaster, Egypt: A train packed to double capacity catches fire, 373 die.
• April 18, 2002 – Crescent City, Florida, United States: An Amtrak Auto-Train derails near Crescent City, putting 21 cars on the ground. Four people perish in the accident, 142 suffer from injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the accident was caused by a hot-weather "sun kink" misalignment of the track due to inadequate CSX maintenance-of-way, and stated that equipment and track damages totaled about $8.3 million.^[10]
• May 2, 2002 – Firdale, Manitoba, Canada: An eastbound CN train collides with a trailer; about 20 cars carrying plastic pellets, benzene, glycol and hexane catch fire, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200 local residents.
• May 10, 2002 – Potters Bar rail crash, north of London, England, United Kingdom: a northbound train derails at high speed; seven killed, 11 seriously injured.
• May 13, 2002 – Jaunpur train crash, 12 people die when a passenger train derails and crashes in Uttar Pradesh. An inquest later blames sabotage for the crash.
• May 25, 2002 – Tenga, Mozambique: In an accident eerily reminiscent of Armagh 1889, passenger carriages, separated from a train also carrying freight, run away and smash into a cement train, killing 200.
• June 13, 2002 – Alawwa train crash, Sri Lanka: Train derails whilst coming into Alawwa station, killing 14 people.^[4]
• June 24, 2002 – Igandu train disaster, Tanzania: Nearly 300 are killed when a passenger train rolls backwards into a goods train.
• July 29, 2002 – Kensington, Maryland, United States: An eastbound Amtrak train strikes a sun kink at 1:55 PM while traveling 60 mph (100 km/h) near milepost 11.78. Several cars go down an embankment and four Superliners overturn against trees. 16 people are seriously injured and 79 people suffer from minor injuries. The misalignment was determined to be caused by improperly tamped ballast and excessive speed in the 96°F (35°C) sunny weather. "Slow orders" were imposed on passenger trains in the area on very hot days following this accident.^{[citation needed]}
• September 9, 2002 – Bad Münder, Germany: Two freight trains collide head-on after a brake failure on one of the trains. A tanker car loaded with 1-Chlor-2,3-epoxypropan explodes, contaminating the station and exposing 96 firemen to carcinogenic fumes.^[11]
• September 9, 2002 – Rafiganj rail disaster, Over 130 people are killed when a passenger train derails and falls into the Dhave River in Bihar because of sabotaged tracks.^[12]
• September 27, 2002 – Jamaica, NY: Three cars of a JFK Airtrain test train derails near Federal Circle. The train's lone occupant, a train operator testing the automated equipment, is pinned to death by the cement blocks inside the first car. The cement blocks were used to evenly distribute the weight inside the car, simulating the weight of customers when in passenger service. When the train derailed, the cement blocks collapsed onto the operator, killing him.
• December 21, 2002 – Kurnool train crash, 20 people die when a passenger train derails in Andhra Pradesh. Later the cause is revealed to be deliberate sabotage.

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2003

• January 3, 2003 – Ghatnandur train crash, 18 people die in the collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra^[13]

Aftermath of the Waterfall train disaster.

• January 31, 2003 – Waterfall train disaster, Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffers a heart attack and dies; the train speeds out of control and derails on a curve, overturning several cars and killing 6 passengers.
• February 2, 2003 – Dete train crash, Zimbabwe: Two trains collide, derailing and catching fire, killing over 40 people.^[14]
• February 18, 2003 – Daegu subway fire, South Korea: A mentally ill man starts a fire which engulfs two subway trains, killing some 200.
• March 1, 2003 – Chiayi, Taiwan: A brake system malfunction aboard a train on the Alishan Forest Railway causes the train to lose control and plummet into a valley. 17 are killed, 173 injured.
• March 20, 2003 – Roermond, Netherlands: The driver of an NS passenger train has a heart attack, runs through a red signal, collides head-on with a freight train; the driver is killed, six passengers are seriously injured. Apparently, the driver kept his foot on the dead man's switch during his heart attack and the slow speed of the train did not trigger the automatic safety system (one of its major design flaws), so the train did not stop.
• May 9, 2003 – Siófok, Hungary: A German tourist bus disregards the crossing signal. A fast train from Budapest to Nagykanizsa strikes and splits the bus. 33 tourists are killed.
• May 15, 2003 – Ladhowal train fire, A passenger train catches fire, 38 people perish near Ladhowal in the Punjab.^[15]
• June 3, 2003, Albacete train crash – 19 people are killed in a train collision in Albacete, Southern Spain.^[16]
• June 11, 2003 – Six people die and 25 are injured when two passenger trains collide head-on near Schrozberg, Germany. ^[17]
• June 20, 2003 – southern California, United States: A runaway Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derails in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, California, destroying several homes and rupturing natural gas lines.^[18]
• June 23, 2003 – Vaibhavwadi rail disaster: 51 people die when a special holiday trail derails in Maharashtra, India.
• July 2, 2003 – Warangal train crash: 22 people die when a train's brakes fail and it falls off a bridge into a crowded fish market in Warangal, India.
• July 7, 2003 – Between Evesham and Pershore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, a First Great Western train collides with a minibus on a level crossing, killing 3 people in the minibus.^[19]
• October 14 – at Yingge ,Taipei County ,Taiwan, a bus carrying students on a field trip collides with a south bound train killing 4 and injuring 42.

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2004

• February 18, 2004 – Nishapur train disaster, Iran: A train derails and catches fire, exploding hours later. About 300 are killed.
• March 11, 2004 – 2004 Madrid train bombings: 191 people are killed when terrorist bombs are detonated on four commuter trains in Madrid.^[20]
• April 22, 2004 – Ryongchon disaster, North Korea: Over 50 are killed and more than 1000 injured when an explosion takes place.
• February 15, 2004 – Tebay , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom: A sleeper (railroad tie) transporter trolley with defective brakes carrying 16 tonnes of rails became detached from a maintenance train south of Penrith and rolled down the falling gradient until it struck and killed 4 workmen in a team repairing the line at Tebay, located south between Oxenholme and Penrith. The owner of the sleeper transporter truck (a contractor working for Network Rail) is subsequently prosecuted. (Source- The Metro newspaper (UK), March 2006).
• April 16, 2004- Temelli, Turkey: An overnight Izmir to Ankara express hits a truck in Temelli, near Ankara, as it crossed a level-crossing. 7 to 10 children were killed and 2 to 5 more wounded according to various reports at the time.^[21]
• June 17, 2004 - Karanjadi train crash, near Matsyagandha,Bombay, India: 20 die and 100 are injured when 10 carriages fall off a bridge during a monsoon-induced landslide.^[22]
• July 23, 2004 - Turkey: 36 are killed as a speeding train derails between Ankara and Istanbul.^{[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]}
• August 4, 2004 – Near Tavsancil, Turkey: 85 Injured and 6 dead as a tired train driver falls asleep at the controls of his train, goes through a red light and hits a stationary train head on.
• September 10, 2004 – Nosaby, near Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden: A heavy truck is caught between the barriers at a level crossing, and is hit by a passenger train. Two aboard the train are killed, 47 are injured. The truck driver was later found to be guilty of not attempting to move the vehicle away from the level crossing, and was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment.
• October 23, 2004 – Nagaoka, Niigata: During the Chūetsu Earthquake Eight of ten cars of the Toki No. 325 train on the Jōetsu Shinkansen were derailed. None of the 154 passengers were injured or killed.
• November 3, 2004 – Washington, DC, United States: An out-of-service Washington Metro train loses its brakes, rolls backwards into the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Station, and hits a revenue train servicing the station. No one is killed, but 20 people are injured.
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  Wreckage at the Ufton Nervet rail crash.
  November 6, 2004 – Ufton Nervet rail crash, England, United Kingdom: A High Speed Train hits a stationary car on a level crossing (an apparent suicide) at 100mph and derails. Five train passengers and the drivers of both the train and the car are killed; over 100 passengers are injured.
• November 10, 2004 – Ankara, Turkey: 37 die when an express train hits a truck on a crossing near Ankara and derailed.
• November 14, 2004 – Ankara, Turkey: 15 dead and 45 injured as another express train derails near Ankara.
• November 15, 2004 – Bundaberg Tilt Train Derailment, Berajondo (near Bundaberg), Queensland, Australia: The world's fastest narrow-gauge train derails at 108km/h. Remarkably, nobody is killed or permanently injured. The cause of the accident has been blamed on the train travelling too fast on a curved line.
• November 29, 2004 – Richland, Florida: Two CSXT freight trains collide in early morning fog at Vitis Junction, killing one person and injuring three.^[32]
• December 26, 2004 – Queen of the Sea train disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka: Approximately 1700 are killed in the world's worst rail disaster to date as a train is overwhelmed by a tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

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The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (at-grade intersection) — without recourse to a bridge or tunnel — of a railway line by a road, path, or another railroad. ... Suicide (Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally taking ones own life. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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2005

• January 6, 2005 – Graniteville train disaster, South Carolina, United States: Still under investigation by the NTSB; preliminary findings are that a turnout is left lined for a siding when it should have been lined for the mainline, causing a through Norfolk Southern freight train to collide with a parked train.^[33] – Ten killed, the engine crew, and nearby citizens who are caught in toxic gas cloud released from a damaged tank car.

Aerial view of the Graniteville train disaster accident scene. Courtesy of EPA

• January 12, 2005 – Fort St. John, Winnipeg. 5 cars of a CN propane tanker train de-rail, causing a major evacuation.
• January 17, 2005 – Bangkok- only 140 injured passengers, resulting from a collision of 2 metro tains in the new MRT Blue-line.
• January 26, 2005 – Glendale train crash, California, United States: In what was originally thought to be a failed suicide attempt by an automobile driver, a southbound Metrolink double deck commuter train collides with a vehicle that had been driven onto the tracks and derails; the derailed train strikes the northbound Metrolink train on the other mainline track and a parked Union Pacific Railroad freight train on a siding. 11 people are killed, about 100 injured.
• February 3, 2005 – Nagpur level crossing disaster, India: A tractor-trailer carrying a wedding party is hit by a train. 55 wedding guests are killed.
• February 28, 2005 – A chlorine tanker train derails due to brake failure after they were wrongly set to "empty". The line was closed for 2 weeks.
• April 14, 2005 – Solon Springs, Wisconsin: 19 cars of a CN train derail and cause a forest fire.
• April 15, 2005 – in the Bratislava-Petržalka railway station in the 11.00, the Austrian ÖBB railway company's international superexpress train IC 402 „Gerlach“ Bratislava-Vienna to be collision of the automobil - 1 member injured.
• April 21, 2005 – Vadodara rail collision, India: collision between freight and passenger express train; 18 are killed.

Investigation at the scene of the Amagasaki rail crash.

• April 25, 2005 – Amagasaki rail crash, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan: A train derailed on sharp curve and smashed into an apartment building. 107 are killed, 549 are injured. Later investigation showed the driver was speeding because of a slight delay.
• April 26, 2005 – Polgahawela level crossing collision, Sri Lanka: a bus tries to beat the train at a level crossing; at least 35 people are killed, all on the bus.
• May 5, 2005 – Galt, Illinois, United States - A Union Pacific train derails and destroys the 140ft Transcontinental mainline bridge at Elkhorn creek.^[34]
• May 9, 2005 – Biaora, India: 8 die when a bullock cart is hit at a level-crossing in Biaora.
• May 19, 2005 – Bandar Lampung, Indonesia: A passenger train from Palembang crashes in to another passenger train at Bandar Lampung station and derails. 7 children die and just under 200 were injured. Human error was blamed for the accident and many of the dead were passengers clinging on to the sides of the Palembang train. The Indonesian government begins a crack down on people clinging on to the exteriors of trains as a means of travel.
• June 12, 2005 – between Uzunovo and Bogatishchevo, Russia: At 0710 local time a bomb explodes derailing the locomotive and first four passenger cars of the Grozny-Moscow train. Investigators found wires leading from the explosion site to a control panel and hideout about 50 m from the site.^[35]
• June 16, – Between Zubstov and Aristovo, Russia: 26 of 69 fuel oil tankers derail and leak. The train was going at 70 km/h. 641 metres of track were destroyed and the Volger River was briefly contaminated. The crash was blamed on poor track maintenance.
• June 21, 2005 – Revadim, Israel: A Beersheba-bound passenger train collides with a coal delivery truck near Revadim, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Tel Aviv. At least seven people die in the accident and more than 200 are injured.^[36]
• June 30, 2005 – Indonesia: 2 are killed and 80 injured after a passenger train running between Bogor and Jakata ploughed into the back of another train which was waiting in the station after a previous train had broken down outside the same station. Heavy rain was blamed for reducing visibility and most of the deceased were seated on the train's roof.
• July 7, 2005 – London, England, United Kingdom: A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 52 people, plus four suicide bombers.
• July 13, 2005 – Ghotki rail crash, Ghotki, Pakistan: A chain reaction accident caused by one train missing a signal and colliding into another results in three trains crashed and over 150 people dead.
• July 14, 2005 – Gliwice, Poland crashed two truck train in the railway stations entry, one motorman killed, one motorman seriously wounded.
• July 26, 2005 – Vienna rail crash - passenger train of the ÖBB crashed of the cargo train, injuring 43 people.
• July 28, 2005 – Jaunpur train bombing, Janpur, India: A bomb explodes on a train in Uttar Pradesh, killing 13 people.
• July 31, 2005 – Shenyang, China: A train from Xi'an to Changchun passes a sabotaged railway signal and collides with a freight train, killing five of the passenger train's passengers. Officials state that some wiring was stolen from a nearby signal box causing the signal to malfunction.^[37]
• September 17, 2005 – Chicago, Illinois, United States: A Metra commuter train traveling into Chicago derails, killing two and injuring 83.
• October 3, 2005 – Datia train crash, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India: 16 die when a train travels at six times the speed limit and de-rails.^[38]
• October 29, 2005 – Veligonda rail disaster, Veligonda, Andhra Pradesh, India: At least 114 are killed and many more are injured when part of the track is swept away by a flood, causing a train to derail.^[39]
• November 23, 2005- At 6.30 am, local time, a train hit a truck on a level crossing between Tarsus and Mersin. 9 died and 18 were injured.^[40]
• 26 November 2005 – Moy near Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom. Nine people are airlifted to hospital when a First ScotRail Class 170 DMU derails after hitting debris from a landslide caused by a local blizzard.
• November 29, 2005 – Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 60 people are swept off the roof of a train by the beams of bridge in the Maniema province.^[41]
• December 25, 2005 – Yamagata Prefecture, Japan: All 6 cars of an express train derail 290 kilometers (180 mi) north of Tokyo; 5 people are killed and more than 30 are injured. Strong winter winds are thought to be the cause.^[42]

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2006

Recovery and rescue efforts in the Bioče train disaster.

• January 23, 2006 – Bioče train disaster: A passenger train crashes into a ravine near Podgorica, killing 46 and injuring 198.^[43]
• February 16, 2006 – Serres, Greece: An inter-city train strikes a truck at a grade crossing near Serres and derails. A passenger and the truck driver are killed, and twenty others on board the train are injured.^{[citation needed]}
• March 10, 2006 – Hualien, Taiwan- 5 railroad workers die when a south bound train crashes into them.
• March 13, 2006 – Austin, Texas, United States: Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, the reigning Miss Deaf Texas, is killed by the snowplow on a 65-car Union Pacific freight train while trespassing on the tracks and text-messaging her parents. The train sounded its horn repeatedly and attempted to apply the emergency brakes but could not stop before hitting McAvoy.^[44]
• April 5, 2006 – Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, United States: Patrick Deans, 18, High School football player struck and killed by CSX freight train while trespassing on the tracks. 2 CSX trains were traveling at once. Patrick was able to escape being struck by one, but was struck by the other.^[45]
• April 15, 2006 – Gubuck, Java: Thirteen die and 26 are injured as two trains collide and wreckage falls into a paddy field. One Swiss man was among the injured. Human error by the driver was officially blamed for the crash.^[46]

• April 28, 2006 – Victoria, Australia: A V/Line VLocity high-speed train is derailed when struck by an 18 wheeler truck, killing two and injuring 28 on the Ballarat to Ararat line.^[47]

• May 25, 2006 – Lismore, Victoria: truck fails to stop at level crossing, derailing trains and causing massive pileup of wagons. ^[48] Mist/fog is factor.

• June 12, 2006 – Netanya, Israel: A passenger train from Tel Aviv to Haifa derails after colliding with a lorry on a level crossing, killing five and injuring more than 100.^[49]
• July 3, 2006 – Valencia metro accident in Valencia, Spain: A Valencia Metro train derails after leaving Jesús station, killing 41 and injuring at least 47. The records of the train's black box show that the train passed a bend where the speed is limited to 40 km/h at 80 km/h.^[50][51]
• July 11, 2006 – A series of bomb attacks strikes commuter trains in Mumbai, India, killing at least 200.^[52]
• July 14, 2006 – Luxembourg: A man sets a newspaper alight on board a train, resulting in a fire that injures 31, with seven people suffering critical injuries. The culprit is suspected to have a mental disorder.^[53]
• August 18th 2006 two traincars catch fire on the Chennai-Hyderabad Express near Secundrabad station
• August 21, 2006 – Egypt: Two trains collide in the town of Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128.^[54]
• August 21, 2006 – Spain: A speeding eastbound RENFE intercity train derails in Villada, 40 km west of Palencia, leaving six people dead and 36 injured.^[55][56]
• August 27, 2006 – Zimbabwe: Five people are killed in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train 30 km south of Victoria Falls.^[57]
• September 4, 2006 – Egypt: A passenger train collides with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five and injuring 30.^[58][59]

• September 22, 2006 – Lathen, Emsland, Germany: 21 passengers and two maintenance workers die and many more are injured when a German Transrapid train collides with a maintenance of way vehicle on the system's test track near the Netherlands border. See also: 2006 Lathen maglev train accident.^{[60][61][62][63]}

• October 11, 2006 – 2006 Zoufftgen rail crash, near Metz, France: Passenger and freight service collide head on at Zoufftgen, Moselle, close to the Luxembourgish border. 5 people, including the drivers of both trains, are killed and 20 more are injured in the accident.^[64]. The accident is ascribed to human error in the controlling signalling centre in Luxembourg.
• October 17, 2006 – Rome Metro collision, Italy: Two metro trains collide at Rome's Vittorio Emanuele metro station, killing at least one person and injuring around 60 people.^[65]
• October 20, 2006 – New Brighton, PA - A train of tank cars containing ethanol derails on a bridge crossing the Beaver River. The resulting fire burns for days and forces some evacuations.^[66][67]
• November 9, 2006 – India- 40 dead and 15 injured in a West Bengal rail accident.^{[citation needed]}
• November 13, 2006 – South Africa - A Metrorail train smashes into a truck carrying farm workers at a level crossing near Somerset West, killing 27 people.^[68]
• November 20, 2006 – India- A bomb explodes on a train near Belacoba station in West Bengal, India, killing 7 and injuring 53. See 2006 West Bengal train disaster.^[69]
• November 20, 2006 - A train passes a red signal causing a head-on collision in Rotterdam. The passenger train was empty and none were injured, but there was extensive material damage to the rail track and its overhead power lines^[70]
• November 21, 2006 – Arnhem, Netherlands - A train passes a red signal causing a head-on collision.^[71]
• December 1, 2006 – Bihar, India - Bhágalpur in the Ganges, a portion of a 150-year-old bridge named 'Ulta Pul' in the process of being dismantled, collapsed over a passing train of India's Eastern Railways, killing 35 and injuring 17.^[72][73]
• December 13, 2006 – Avio, Italy, a freight train operated by Trenitalia ignores a red signal and crashes on a freight train of the private company Rail Traction Company. Two engineers of Trenitalia die in the violent crash^[74]

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2007

• January 4, 2007 – Hatay Province, Turkey: A freight train smashes into a truck carrying farm workers at a railroad crossing in Hatay Province, Turkey, killing seven and injuring 19.^[75]
• January 16, 2007 – Central Java, Indonesia: The Senja Bengawan train derails, leading to five fatalities.^[76]
• February 19, 2007 – 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings Deewana, near Panipat, Haryana State, India: At least 68 people are killed in a suspected bomb blast on the Delhi-Attari Special train (the "Friendship Express") near Deewana, about 80 kms north of Delhi, at around 23:55 local time.^[77][78]

• February 23, 2007 – Grayrigg rail crash, United Kingdom: A Virgin trains Pendolino service from London Euston to Glasgow Central derails at Grayrigg Cottage near Oxenholme, Cumbria. One woman dies in the accident. A set of points is thought to be the cause of the accident; the West Coast Main Line remained closed for several days.^[79]
• February 28, 2007 – A wind blows 10 passenger rail cars off the track near Turfan, China, killing three passengers and seriously injuring two others.^[80][81]
• April 16, 2007 – A passenger train crashes into a minibus carrying local council officials at an unmanned rail crossing in southern India, killing 11 people and injuring another 12 in the vehicle. Seven of the injured were hospitalized in serious condition. The vehicle was carrying a total of 23 people.
• June 5, 2007 – Kerang train crash, Victoria, Australia. A B-Double collided with a Melbourne-bound passenger train 6 kilometers north of Kerang at the Murray Valley Highway level crossing, killing 11 passengers and injuring 23.
• June 15, 2007 – Two trains collided on the Italian island of Sardinia, killing three people. ^[82]

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See also

• List of train accidents by death toll
• List of disasters
• List of road accidents - includes level crossing accidents.
• List of British rail accidents
• Category:Indian railway accidents
• List of Russian rail accidents
• Years in rail transport
• 2006 in rail transport
• Tram accident

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External links

• NTSB Publications – The United States National Transportation Safety Board official reports of transportation accidents.
• RSSB Publications – UK Rail Safety and Standards Board

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