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List Of Rail Accidents (1950–1999)
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A rail accident (or train wreck) is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, when the wheels of train come off the track or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train accidents have been widely covered in popular media and in folklore. Lists By year By type *By country * By death toll *Terrorist incidents See also * Derailment * Rail transport * Tram accident * Train-pedestrian fatalities A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line or the road etc. crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Accident
A train accident or train wreck is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, when the wheels of train come off the track or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train accidents have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore. A head-on collision between two trains is colloquially called a " cornfield meet" in the United States. Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future. Systematic investigation for over 150 years has led to the railways' excellent safety record (compared, for example, with road transport). Ludwig von Stockert (1913) proposed a classification of accidents by their effects (consequences); e.g. head-on-collisions, rear-end collisions, derailments. Schneider and Mase (1968) propose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (1950–1959)
This is a list of rail accidents from 1950 to 1959. 1950 * January 29 – ''India'' – At Sirhind, a goods train and a mail train collide, killing 63 people, about half of them soldiers. * February 17 – ''United States'' – Rockville Centre train crash, Rockville Centre, New York: Two passenger trains collide head-on at Rockville Centre station. The engineer of train number 192 ignored an ''Approach'' and the following ''Stop'' signals and collided with train number 175 on temporary gantleted (overlapping) track which had been installed to facilitate a grade separation project. Both engineers survived but 31 people were killed, and more than 100 people injured. * February 26 – ''United States'' – A Lehigh Valley Railroad freight train is derailed at Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, destroying the railway station there. * March 7 – ''United Kingdom'' – An overnight express passenger train overruns danger signals in fog and collides with the rear of a mineral train south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derailment
In rail transport, a derailment is a type of train wreck that occurs when a rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails. Although many derailments are minor, all result in temporary disruption of the proper operation of the railway system and they are a potentially serious hazard. A derailment of a train can be caused by a collision with another object, an operational error (such as excessive speed through a curve), the mechanical failure of tracks (such as broken rails), or the mechanical failure of the wheels, among other causes. In emergency situations, deliberate derailment with derails or catch points is sometimes used to prevent a more serious accident. History The first recorded train derailment in history is known as the Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey that occurred on 8 November 1833. The train was traveling between Hightstown and Spotswood, New Jersey, and derailed after an axle broke on one of the carriages as a result of a journal box catching fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Terrorist Incidents Involving Railway Systems ...
The following is a list of terrorist incidents involving railway systems: Before 1960 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Failed attacks * Najibullah Zazi was arrested before attempting to bomb stations of the New York City Subway in 2009. * Farooque Ahmed plotted to bomb Washington Metro stations in 2010. References Bibliography * * {{Rail accidents * Railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Accidents And Disasters By Death Toll
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more. Purposeful disasters, such as military or terrorist attacks, are omitted. While all of the listed accidents caused immediately massive numbers of lives lost, further widespread deaths were connected to many of these incidents, often the result of prolonged or lingering effects of the initial catastrophe. This was the case particularly in such cases as exposure to contaminated air, toxic chemicals or radiation, some years later due to lung damage, cancer, etc. Some numbers in the table below reflect both immediate and delayed deaths related to accidents, while many do not. Engineering Explosions Industrial Nuclear and radiation Structural collapses S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents By Country
Lists of rail accidents by country include: Africa * Egypt - List of rail accidents in Egypt Asia * Bangladesh - List of rail accidents in Bangladesh * China - List of rail accidents in China * India - List of Indian rail incidents * Indonesia - List of rail accidents in Indonesia * Iran - List of Iranian rail accidents * Japan - :Railway accidents and incidents in Japan * Pakistan - List of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan * Philippines - List of rail accidents in the Philippines * Sri Lanka - List of rail accidents in Sri Lanka * Thailand - List of rail accidents in Thailand Europe * Czech Republic - List of Czech rail accidents * Germany - List of German rail accidents * Greece - List of rail accidents in Greece * France - List of rail accidents in France * Italy- List of rail accidents in Italy * Ireland - List of Irish railway accidents * Netherlands - List of rail accidents in the Netherlands * Russia - List of Russian rail accidents * Spain - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (2020–present)
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (2010–2019)
This is a list of rail accidents which occurred between 2010 and 2019. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems. 2010 * 2 January – ''India'' – In Uttar Pradesh near Etawah, about southwest of Lucknow, the Lichchavi Express entering the station in heavy fog ran into the stationary Magadh Express train, killing ten people and injuring ten more. ** The Gorakhdham Express and Prayagraj Express collided near Panki, Kanpur, Panki station in Kanpur, killing five people and injuring 40. * 3 January – ''Turkey'' – Two trains collided between Bayırköy, Bilecik, Bayirkoy and Vezirhan, killing one person and injuring three. * 4 January – ''Finland'' – 2010 Helsinki Central Station accident: A passenger train suffered a brake failure and crashed into a hotel at station. * 12 February – ''United States'' – A train derailed in the pocket track just north of Farragut North (WMATA station), Farragut Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (2000–2009)
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. 2000 * January 4 – ''Norway'' – Åsta accident, Åsta in Åmot Municipality: Two diesel passenger trains collided in Rørosbanen killing 19. The fire after the collision lasted nearly six hours. * 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 collision, 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (1990–1999)
This is a list of rail accidents from 1990 to 1999. 1990 * January 4 – ''Pakistan'' – Sukkur rail disaster: A Multan–Karachi ''Bahauddin Zakaria Express'' collided head-on collision, head-on with an empty freight train at Sangi station, Sukkur, Sindh. The train was to pass through Sangi, but incorrectly set rail points directed the train to a siding where the freight train was parked. 307 people were killed and another 700 more injured in Pakistan's worst rail disaster. * February 2 – ''West Germany'' – Rüsselsheim train disaster: Two S-Bahn commuter trains collide in Rüsselsheim, killing 17 and injuring 80. * February 16 – ''Switzerland'' – A passenger train collided with a rail-mounted crane at Saxon, Switzerland, Saxon, killing three people and injuring 12. * March 7 – ''United States'' – Market–Frankford Line#Accidents, 1990 Philadelphia subway accident: A bolt securing a traction motor on a SEPTA Market-Frankford Line, subway-elevated train failed, caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (1980–1989)
This is a list of rail accidents from 1980 to 1989. 1980 * February 16 – ''United Kingdom'' – An express passenger train derailed at , Hertfordshire due to a broken rail. 19 people were seriously injured. * April 2 – ''United States'' – Lakeview, North Carolina: Amtrak's ''Silver Star'' collided head-on with a Seaboard Coast Line freight train during dense fog, injuring 123. It was determined that the engineer of the Amtrak train failed to reduce speed and comply with approach signal indications, causing the collision.National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report RAR-80-8, Head-On Collision Between Amtrak Train No. 82 and Seab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
