Worst train disasters of the past 2 decades
Here is a list of the five deadliest rail disasters worldwide in the past two decades:
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An express train derailed in northern India early Sunday, killing over 100 people. Here is a list of the five deadliest rail disasters worldwide in the past two decades:
1995
• Aug 20: In India, 305 are killed and 344 injured in a collision between two trains at Ferozabad, near Agra in the north.
2002
• Feb 20: In Egypt, 361 people are killed in a train fire near the town of Al Ayatt south of Cairo.
• June 24: In Tanzania, 288 die in a train accident near Dodoma.
2004
• Feb 18: In Iran, 328 people are killed by an explosion on a train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer in the northeast.
• Dec 26: In Sri Lanka, 1,300 are killed out of 1,500 passengers on a train between Colombo and Galle. It is struck by a giant tsunami which ravaged 11 countries on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
Source: Arab News
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