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List of rail accidents from 2000 to the present.

The list includes some terrorist bombings.

For historic accidents before 1950, see List of pre-1950 rail accidents. For historic accidents between 1950 and 1999 (inclusive), see List of 1950-1999 rail accidents.


Notable historic train accidents, 2000 - present
2000s:2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
See also — External links — References

2000s

2000

  • Flag of Norway 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.
  • Flag of Germany 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.
  • Flag of Denmark March 2, 2000 – Kølkær, Denmark: Two regional trains collide frontally after one passes a red signal. 3 die and 39 are injured.
  • Flag of Japan 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.
  • Flag of Norway 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.
  • Flag of Kenya August 15, 2000 - 13 die near Kenya's fourth largest city, Kisumu after a passenger train rolls back because of brake failure.
  • Flag of Kenya 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.
  • Flag of United Kingdom 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.
  • Flag of India June 6, 2000 - A bomb explodes on a train in Bathinda, killing two people and injuring 1.
  • Flag of Indonesia 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)
  • Flag of Austria November 11, 2000 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular train catches fire in a tunnel due to an unsafely installed heater, 155 die.
  • Flag of India 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.
  • Flag of Philippines 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.

2001

  • Flag of Republic of the Congo January 12, 2001 – Nvoungouti, Congo: Over 30 people killed when two trains collide because of a brake failure at Nvoungouti.
  • Flag of Canada 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.
  • Flag of United Kingdom 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.
  • Flag of Belgium March 27, 2001 – Pécrot rail crash, Pécrot, Belgium: Two passenger trains collide on the same track, killing 8 and injuring 12.
  • Flag of Canada April 12, 2001 – Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada: a teenager tampered with a control switch on the VIA