List of rail accidents (2000–2009)

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This is a list of rail accidents from 2000 to 2009. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems.

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  • February 6 – Germany – Brühl train derailment: The D 203 "Schweiz-Express" train travelling from Amsterdam to Basel negotiated a low-speed turnout at three times the correct speed and derailed near Brühl station, killing 9 people.
  • March 2 – Denmark – Kølkær. Two regional trains heading to Herning and Vejle collided in Kolkær station. The train to Herning had entered the station and was slowing down when it was hit head-on by the oncoming Vejle train at 116 km/h. One passenger in the Herning train and both train drivers were killed, 10 passengers were seriously injured. The investigation concluded that the crash was caused by the driver of the Vejle train, who had completely ignored stop signals.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • March 8 – Japan – Naka-Meguro derailment: The last car of a TRTA Hibiya Line train derailed and was hit by a Tobu Railway train traveling in the opposite direction, killing five people and injuring 63.
  • March 28 – United States – A school bus failed to stop at a crossbuck in Tennga, Georgia and was struck by a CSX train, killing three people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 18 – Indonesia – In Kosambi, three trains (a container train, an animal transport train and Argo Bromo express train) collided, killing three stowaways on the container train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 6 – Switzerland – A passenger train and a freight train collided at Hüswil, killing one.<ref name=Blick>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 6 – France – In Paris, a Eurostar Train derailed due to a fault on the train track, injuring six.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2001

  • January 12 – Republic of the Congo – Nvoungouti: More than 30 people were killed after two trains collided because of a brake failure.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 7 – Canada – Toronto: Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger train derailed in the Don Valley near the Bayview Extension and Pottery Road area, slightly injuring two passengers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • February 28 – United Kingdom – Selby rail crash: A sleep-deprived driver on the M62 motorway fell asleep at the wheel, causing his Land Rover to swerve off the road and travel down an embankment onto the main line below. After failing to reverse off the track, the driver exited the vehicle and while contacted emergency services, during which the vehicle was hit by a GNER InterCity 225 passenger train which derailed and collided at high speed with a coal train traveling in the opposite direction. Ten people were killed (all due to the second collision) and over 80 were injured. The Land Rover driver was later jailed for 5 years for causing death by dangerous driving.
  • March 27 – Belgium – Pécrot rail crash: Two passenger trains collided on the same track, killing eight people and injuring 12. Lack of common language was seen as a factor.
  • April 12 – Canada – Stewiacke Via derailment: a teenager tampered with a track switch, derailing Via Rail Canada's Ocean, injuring as many as 22 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • May 15 – United States – CSX 8888 incident, Toledo, Ohio: A CSX freight train of 47 cars, including some with hazardous molten phenol acid, ran away in the yard at Toledo with no engineer aboard. The engineer had stepped out to reset a switch but had improperly applied the dynamic brake, causing the train to accelerate. It ran for Template:Convert to Kenton, Ohio, before being stopped by a railroad worker who jumped aboard and managed to stop it. CSX slowed the train down to Template:Cvt by coupling an engine onto the end.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This incident was dubbed the "Crazy Eights" incident in reference to the lead locomotive's number (#8888). The incident inspired the 2010 Tony Scott film Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.
  • June 22 – India – Kadalundi train derailment: Six carriages of the Mangalore-Chennai Mail train derailed while crossing Bridge 924 after it shifted following heavy rain. Three carriages plunge into the swollen Kadalundi River, killing 59 people.
  • July 18 – United States – Howard Street Tunnel fire, Baltimore, Maryland: A 60-car CSX train carrying chemicals and wood products derailed in a Template:Convert tunnel, causing water contamination and a fire that burned for six days.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 29 – United States – An Amtrak Texas Eagle en route from San Antonio to Chicago derailed in Sabula, Missouri, located Template:Convert away from St. Louis, possibly due to severe weather and flash flooding. Four passengers and the engineer were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 19 – Sri Lanka – Kurunegala train crash: 15 people died after the Udarata Menike train derailed due to speeding and overcrowding.<ref name="srilancapage">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 2 – Indonesia – In Cirebon, a passenger train and a locomotive collided, killing 40 people and seriously injuring 37.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • September 13 – United States – In Wendover, Utah, the westbound California Zephyr derailed after striking a coal train, causing several injuries.<ref name="amtrak5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 15 – United States – Canadian National train E243 running from Flat Rock, Michigan to Flint, Michigan collided with another CN train, L533 (bound for Detroit), at the Andersonville Siding on CN's Holly Subdivision in Michigan. The engineer and conductor on E243 were killed.Template:Citation needed
  • December 7 — United States – A BNSF freight train collided head-on with another BNSF freight train that was parked in a siding in Arminto, Wyoming due to a misaligned switch killing an engineer.
  • December 18 – Greece – In Orestiada, a train got stuck in a snow drift and derailed near the Bulgarian border, killing one person.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • December 25 - Indonesia - In Brebes, 45 people were killed after a Empu Jaya train collision with Gaya Baru Malam train in Ketanggungan station. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 20 – Egypt – 2002 El Ayyat railway accident: A train packed to double capacity caught fire after a cooking gas cylinder exploded, killing 383 people.
  • February 21 – Switzerland – A freight train and a locomotive collided at Chiasso, killing two people and injuring three.<ref name=Blick/>
  • March 30 – Spain – In Catalonia, a Euromed Express Train collided with another Euromed Express Train crushing many cars, killing two people and injuring 100.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 18 – United States – Crescent City, Florida: 21 cars of an Amtrak Auto-Train derailed, killing four people and injuring 142.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • May 10 – United Kingdom – 2002 Potters Bar rail accident: A northbound WAGN Class 365 train derailed at high speed, killing seven people and seriously injuring 11.
  • May 13 – India – 2002 Jaunpur train crash: 12 people died after a passenger train derailed and crashed in Uttar Pradesh in a suspected act of sabotage
  • May 28 — United States — A BNSF coal train and intermodal train collided head-on near Clarendon, Texas, killing the engineer of the intermodal train and injuring the coal train's crew and the intermodal train's conductor. It was revealed that the coal train's crew was distracted by their cell phones, ultimately causing their train to collide with the other train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 9 – India – Rafiganj train wreck: More than 130 people died after a passenger train derailed and plunged into the Dhave River in Bihar due to sabotaged tracks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    September 15 – United States – 2002 Farragut derailment: A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Farragut, Tennessee, resulting in a hazardous materials release of fuming sulfuric acid and evacuation of more than 2,600 residents for nearly three days.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • September 27 – United States – Jamaica, New York: Three cars of a JFK Airtrain test train derailed near Federal Circle. The train's lone occupant, a train operator testing the automated equipment, was crushed to death by collapsing cement blocks inside the first car used to evenly distribute the weight inside the car to simulate the weight of customers in passenger service.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • October 13 – Australia – Benalla level crossing collision, Victoria: A heritage train hauled by K class steam locomotive K 183 collided with a B-Double truck that failed to clear the level crossing. The impact caused the locomotive to derail, rolling onto its side, and the locomotive's tender to be forced into the locomotive's cab. Three of the four people in the cab were killed and one critically injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 6 – France – Nancy: A fire broke out in the front two carriages of an overnight sleeper train heading from Paris to Vienna, killing 12 passengers from smoke inhalation and injuring nine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • November 7 – Denmark – Holte: An empty S-train turning around failed to brake in time and drove into the path of another S-train heading to Køge station, killing a woman and injuring three passengers, two more seriously.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 9 – Indonesia – The Argo Dwipangga train with Solo Balapan-Gambir route, derailed in Prembun, Kebumen Regency, killing five passengers and injuring dozens were injured. The cause of the accident was a rail that shifted due to a box truck that passed through the tunnel under the train tracks just before the Argo Dwipangga passed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2003

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    February 18 – South Korea – Daegu subway fire: A mentally ill man started a fire which engulfed two subway trains, killing 192 people.
  • March 20 – Netherlands – Roermond: The driver of an NS passenger train suffered a heart attack and ran through a red signal before colliding head-on with a freight train. The driver was killed, while six passengers were injured seriously.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 22 - India - In Kankavli, a Karwar-Mumbai holiday special train derailed and telescoped over the engine, 34 were killed and dozens were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 23 – India – Vaibhavwadi train crash: 51 people died after a special holiday train derailed in Maharashtra.
  • July 2 – India – Warangal train crash: 22 people died after a train fell off a bridge due to brake failure into a crowded fish market in Warangal.
  • July 7 – United Kingdom – Between Evesham and Pershore, Worcestershire, a First Great Western train collided with a minibus on a level crossing, killing three people in the minibus.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • August 3 – United Kingdom – A Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway steam train hit a car driven across the level crossing. The train driver died, while the car occupants and some train passengers were injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • August 7 – Switzerland – Two trains collided at Gsteigwiler, killing one person and injuring 63.<ref name=Blick/>
  • October 4 – Indonesia – In Bogor Regency, a passenger train rear-ended another between Cilebut and Bogor Stations, injuring 39 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2004

  • February 15 – United Kingdom – Tebay rail accident, Cumbria, England. A sleeper transporter trolley with defective brakes carrying 16 tonnes of rails was detached from a maintenance train south of Penrith and rolled down the falling gradient until it struck and killed four workmen in a team repairing the line at Tebay, between Oxenholme and Penrith.<ref>Metro newspaper (UK), March 2006</ref>
  • February 18 – Iran – Nishapur train disaster: 51 train cars broke loose from their siding, rolled down the track, derailed and fell down an embankment into Khayyam, near Nishapur. During the cleanup operation, the cargo of the cars exploded (an equivalent of 180 tons of TNT), killing 295 people and leveling Khayyam and damaging three nearby towns. The blast was felt as far away as Mashhad.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • April 6 – United States – Flora, Mississippi: Amtrak's northbound City of New Orleans train derailed due to a track defect. One person was killed and 46 others were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 16 – Turkey – Template:Ill: An overnight İzmir-to-Ankara express hit a truck near Ankara while at a level crossing. Seven to 10 children died and two to five more were injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • April 22 – North Korea – Ryongchon disaster: 161 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured after an explosion.
  • May 19 – United States – near Gunter, Texas: One person died and four were injured after a BNSF train failed to adhere to an after-arrival track warrant and collided with another train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 1 – Denmark – Holstebro: Two regional trains entered the same track and collided head-on, injuring 24 people were injured, two more seriously.<ref name=":0"/>
  • June 17 – India – Karanjadi train crash: 20 people died and 100 were injured after 10 carriages fell off a bridge during a monsoon-induced landslide.<ref>Daily Star (UK), June 17, 2004.</ref>
  • June 28 – United States – Macdona, Texas, near San Antonio: Four people died and 51 were injured after a Union Pacific train failed to stop at a signal and collided with an idle BNSF train, causing 9,400 US Gallons of liquid chlorine to leak out of a punctured tank car. The liquid chlorine immediately vaporized into a toxic “yellow cloud” that spread over a radius of at least 700 feet (210 m). Among the dead were the UP driver and two residents. Several other residents and many visitors to the SeaWorld theme park were seriously injured by the gas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 6 – United Kingdom – Ufton Nervet rail crash: A First Great Western InterCity 125 hit a stationary car driven by an apparently suicidal driver on a level crossing and derailed. Five train passengers and the drivers of both the train and the car died; more than 100 passengers were injured.
  • November 11 – United States – San Antonio, Texas: A Union Pacific train derailed off the tracks in an industrial district, killing one man working in a warehouse office and injuring others.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 15 – Australia – Cairns Tilt Train derailment: The world's fastest narrow-gauge train derailed at 112 km/h. The accident was blamed on the train travelling too fast on a curved line.
  • November 29 – United States – Zephyrhills, Florida: Two CSX freight trains collided in early morning fog at Vitis Junction, killing one and injuring three.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2005

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    January 6 – United States – Graniteville train crash: Nine people (including the engineer) died and more than 250 were injured after a Norfolk Southern freight train collided head-on with a parked freight train near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. A derailed tank car ruptured 90 tons of chlorine gas into the air.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 7 – Italy – Crevalcore train crash. A passenger train running from Verona to Bologna failed to stop at a red light and collided head-on with a freight train, near Crevalcore in dense fog, killing 17.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 17 – Thailand – an empty MRT (Bangkok) train returning to the depot collided with another train filled with passengers at the Thailand Cultural Centre MRT station. One hundred and forty people were hurt, most of whom sustained only minor injuries, and the entire Metro network was shut down for two weeks.
  • January 26 – United States – 2005 Glendale train crash: In a planned suicide attempt during which the suspect changed his mind, a southbound Metrolink double-deck commuter train collided in Glendale, California with the man's vehicle that he has driven onto the tracks and then abandoned. The train derailed, then struck both a moving northbound Metrolink train on the adjacent track as well as a parked Union Pacific freight train on a siding. Eleven people died, about 100 were injured.
  • February 3 – India – Nagpur level crossing disaster. A tractor-trailer carrying a wedding party was hit by a train, killing 55 wedding guests.
  • February 9 – Latvia – A Lielvarde-Riga passenger train collided with empty stock heading for Riga train depot, killing four people and injuring 32.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 14 — United States – Oxnard, California. An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner passenger train traveling from Los Angeles Union Station collided with a semi-truck loaded with strawberries at the Rice Avenue grade crossing. The truck driver, who had stopped at the crossing, suddenly encountered a green traffic light that conflicted the crossing gates coming down. This confused the driver, who started crossing the tracks then, but the traffic light suddenly turned red after a few seconds, making the truck driver stop without realising that the rest of her truck was still on the tracks. The train was traveling too fast to stop in time and completely destroyed the truck's trailer, severely damaging the locomotive and spilling diesel fuel at the crash site. A few passengers of the train had minor injuries.
  • February 14 – Denmark – Lyngby: An S-train to Høje Tåstrup ran into a stopped S-train which was heading for Køge at 60–70 km/h. Two passengers and a driver were seriously injured. Snow which had settled on the signals made them difficult to read, meaning the train could not be stopped in time.<ref name=":0"/>
  • April 21 – India – Vadodara train crash: 18 people died after a collision between a freight and passenger express train.
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    April 25 – Japan – Amagasaki rail crash: A train derailed on a sharp curve and smashed into an apartment building, killing 107 people and injuring 549. An investigation revealed that the driver (who was among the dead) was speeding because of a slight delay.
  • April 26 – Sri Lanka – Polgahawela level crossing collision: A bus tried to beat the train at a level crossing; at least 35 bus passengers died.Template:Citation needed
  • May 19 – Indonesia – A passenger train from Palembang crashed into another passenger train at Bandar Lampung station and derailed. Seven children dies and about 200 were injured. Many of the dead were passengers clinging on to the sides of the Palembang train. The Indonesian government began a crackdown on people clinging on to the exteriors of trains as a means of travel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
  • June 16 – Russia – Between Zubtsov and Aristovo in Tver Oblast, 27 fuel oil tankers bound from Moscow to Riga derailed at a speed of about Template:Cvt, causing 300 tonnes of fuel to leak. Template:Convert of track was destroyed and the Volga River was contaminated briefly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 1 – Greece – Kilkis: A truck driver was struck and killed by a train on a crossing after ignoring crossing warnings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 2 – United States – Raleigh, North Carolina. Two people were killed after their truck was hit by an Amtrak train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 15 – Indonesia – In Gubug, 13 people died and 26 were injured after two eastbound trains collided and wreckage fell into a paddy field.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • April 28 – Australia – Victoria: A V/Line VLocity high-speed train derailed after being struck by an 18-wheeler truck, killing two people and injuring 28 on the Ballarat-to-Ararat line.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • May 17 – Switzerland – An engineering train suffered a brake failure and crashes at Thun. Three people are killed.<ref name=Blick/>
  • June 12 – Israel – Netanya: A passenger train from Tel Aviv to Haifa derailed after colliding with a lorry on a level crossing, killing 5 people and injuring more than 100.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • June 14 – United States – Kismet, California. Two BNSF freight trains collided head-on due to one of the trains running a red signal, injuring 5 people. A crew from the train that ran the red was suspected to be high on cocaine.<ref name="train_crash_video">Template:Cite video</ref><ref name="BNSF_head_on_collision">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 30 – United States – North Baltimore, Ohio: 15 cars carrying steel derailed after the train inadvertently switched to a side track. These cars then struck a coal train on a parallel set of tracks, causing four of its cars to derail. Three people who were in vehicles waiting for the train to pass were injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 1 – India – Bihar, Bhágalpur: In the Ganges, a portion of the 150-year-old 'Ulta Pul' bridge being dismantled collapsed over a passing train of India's Eastern Railways, killing 35 people and injuring 17.<ref name="Bhagalpur 2006/12/1 - Patna Daily">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 13 – Italy – Avio: A freight train operated by Trenitalia passed a red signal and crashed into a freight train of the private company Rail Traction Company. Two Trenitalia engineers died.<ref name="La Repubblica 2006/12/13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2007

  • January 4 – Turkey – A freight train crashed into a truck carrying farm workers at a railroad crossing in Hatay Province, killing 7 people and injuring 19.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • January 16 – United States – Brooks derailment: A CSX freight train derailed in Brooks, Kentucky.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 16 – Indonesia – The Senja Bengawan train derailed in Pager Bridge, Brebes, Central Java. One of the car fell into the Pager River, killing five people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2008

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  • July 3 – Belgium – A passenger train and a freight train collided, injuring 42 people, two seriously.<ref name=T20640652>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • July 16 – Egypt – At least 44 people were killed and 33 injured after a truck failed to stop at level crossing and pushed two vehicles into a Matruh–Alexandria passenger train, at El Dabaa, Marsa Matruh.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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    August 8 – Czech Republic – 2008 Studénka train wreck: Express train EC 108 Comenius from Kraków, Poland to Prague travelling at 140 km/h crashed into a section of a bridge undergoing construction that had fallen onto the track, killing eight people and injuring 91.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • September 11 – United Kingdom-France – 2008 Channel Tunnel fire: A Eurotunnel Shuttle train carrying two vans and 25 lorries was severely damaged after a fire starts on one of the lorries. Six people were injured slightly, the part of the Channel Tunnel where the train came to rest was closed for repairs until February 2009.<ref name=BEATTRAIB>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • January 1 – Australia – One person was killed and six others injured after a QR Sunlander train collided with a garbage truck at a level crossing with no boom gates or warning lights near Innisfail, Queensland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • February 7 – Cuba – Three people were killed and more than 90 injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Camagüey, Template:Convert east of Havana.<ref>Illawarra Mercury Feb 9, 2009, p18</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 13 February - India - In Orissa, a Coromandel Express train caught fire after leaving Jaipur Road Train Station, killing 15 people and injuring dozens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • February 13 – India – Jajpur derailment: 12 carriages of the Howrah-Madras Express derailed after the train left Jajpur Road station near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, killing nine people and injuring 250.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • February 21 – Slovakia – Brezno train accident: Eleven people died in a collision between a bus and a train on a level crossing near Brezno.<ref name=Brezno>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • March 29 – Tanzania – Equipment breakdown and culpability causes a rear-end collision in Gulwe–Igandu section (Mpwapwa District), killing dozens of passengers and injuring many others.<ref>Continental Railway Journal Autumn 2009, p33</ref>
  • April 17 – Germany – A passenger train collided with a freight train in Berlin, injuring 12 people.<ref name=T21079170>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • April 28 – United States – In Boston, a T-Trolley train derailed due to the driver looking at text messages, injuring 68 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 29 - India - In Vyasarpadi Jeeva, a MEMU train collided with an empty goods tanker at Vyasarpadi Jeeva Station following a hijack, 4 were killed and several others were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • June 5 -Canada - In Oshawa, a freight train derailed and exploded, sending toxic chemicals in the air, no casualties were reported, but hundreds of residents in nearby areas were evacuated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    June 22 – United States – June 2009 Washington Metro train collision – On the Washington Metro, an electronic track-circuit module failed, causing a train to go undetected by the automatic train control system. A second train crashed into it, killing nine people, the deadliest incident in the subway system's 33-year history.<ref name = "WashPost">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 18 – United States – In San Francisco, a Muni Metro Train collided rear end onto another train stopped at West Portal Train Station, injuring 47 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    July 24 – Croatia – Rudine derailment – HŽ ICN tilting train number 521 bound from Zagreb to Split derailed between Labin Dalmatinski and Kaštel Stari near the village of Rudine. Six passengers died and 55 were injured, 13 of them seriously. The crash was caused by retardant that was sprayed on the railroad approximately 10 minutes before the accident, leaving the track surface slippery and preventing braking.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • July 29 – China – A train derailed due to a landslide in Liucheng County, Guangxi, killing four people and injuring 71.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 28 – Cameroon – A freight train carrying fuel derailed south of Yaoundé and caught fire, killing one.<ref name=BBC8229100>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="postnewsline.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • August 30 – Cameroon – A passenger train derailed near Yaoundé, killing five and injuring 275.<ref name=BBC8229100/><ref name="postnewsline.com"/>
  • September 12 – Germany – Friedewald train collision – Two steam trains collided head-on on the Lößnitzgrundbahn.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • September 16 – Ireland – A tram and bus collided in Dublin injuring 21 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • September 24 – Netherlands – Barendrecht train accident – Two freight trains collided head-on below a viaduct on the A15 motorway near Barendrecht, killing a train driver. Derailed sections landed on a parallel track as a passenger train approached. A few passengers of the passenger train were lightly injured.<ref name="NRC Handelsblad">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 5 – Thailand – A passenger train derailed during heavy rain in Hua Hin District, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.<ref name=BBC8289960>Template:Cite news</ref>
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    October 20 – India – Mathura train collision – A passenger train collision near Mathura.
  • October 23 – India – A huge concrete slab fell down into a train in north-east Mumbai, killing the driver and a passenger. Twelve others were injured.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 24 – Egypt – 2009 El Ayyat railway accident – A passenger train stopped after striking water buffalo in the El Ayyat area of Giza. Another passenger train then rear-ended the stationary train, killing at least 18 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • November 4 – Pakistan – At least 18 people died after the Allama Iqbal Express collided head-on with a goods train near Juma Goth Station in the suburbs of Karachi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • December 21 – Croatia – A HŽ commuter train number 5100 bound from Sisak Caprag to Zagreb failed to stop and crashes into the platform bumper at Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor in Zagreb at 15–20 km/h. The cause was blamed on the lack of antifreeze fluid in the locomotive's braking system which froze due to low temperatures. Sixty people from the train, including its engineer, were injured, seven of them seriously.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

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