A freight train and a passenger train collided head-on between Athens and Thessaloniki, on February 28, 2023) resulting in 57 fatalities — the country’s worst rail accident.
On March 10, 2022, freight train carrying stowaways derailed in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 75 were killed and 125 others injured. A similar incident in the same area a month later claimed eight more lives.
On June 7, 2021, in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, a train derailed and collided with another passenger service in farmland, causing the deaths of 63 individuals.
On April 2, 2021, near Hualien, a passenger train collided with a truck that slid down an embankment, resulting in 49 fatalities and 200 injuries — the most catastrophic rail disaster on the island in decades.
On October 31, 2019 during a religious gathering near Lahore, a fire erupted on an overcrowded passenger train carrying pilgrims, claiming the lives of at least 74 people and leaving over 40 injured.
On October 19, 2018, in northern India, a speeding train ran over festival-goers observing fireworks during a Hindu celebration, resulting in the deaths of at least 60 individuals.
The derailment of the Indore-Patna Express in Uttar Pradesh caused the deaths of a minimum of 146 people on November 20, 2016. The train, carrying around 2,000 passengers, veered off tracks and led to carriages crashing into one another.
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In an inaccessible part of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 22, 2014, a goods train carrying numerous illegal passengers derailed, leading to the deaths of at least 136 people. Due to the circumstances, many had to be buried in mass graves nearby.
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