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Worst Rail Incidents by Death Toll
This list features the worst rail incidents in history by death toll.
RANK | INCIDENT | LOCATION | DEATH TOLL | DATE | CAUSE |
1 | Sri Lankan tsunami train wreck | Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka | 900–1,700 | 26 December 2004 | Tsunami |
2 | Ciurea rail disaster | Iasi County, Romania | 800–1,000 | 13 January 1917 | Collision |
3 | Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment | Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, France | 675 | 12 December 1917 | Train derailment |
4 | Vereshchyovka train disaster | Oryol Oblast, Soviet Union | 600 | 24 January 1944 | Explosion |
5 | Guadalajara train disaster | Guadalajara, Mexico | 600 | 22 January 1915 | Collision |
6 | Ufa train disaster | Ufa, Soviet Union | 575 | 4 June 1989 | Gas explosion |
7 | Balvano train disaster | Balvano, Basilicata, Italy | 517 | 3 March 1944 | Carbon monoxide poisoning |
8 | Awash rail disaster | Awash, Afar, Ethiopia | 428 | 13 January 1985 | Derailment |
9 | Dancheon train disaster | Tanchon, North Korea | 400 | 26 December 2023 | Collision |
10 | Al Ayatt train disaster | Egypt | 383 | 20 February 2002 | Collision |
11 | Stará Kremnička derailment | Stará Kremnička, Slovakia | 370 | 27 December 1944 | Train derailment |
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