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Crash ultimately doomed Wisconsin's only rapid transit line [154] 1950 Kew Gardens train crash, New York City; 78 killed plus hundreds injured in deadliest surface rail accident in New York. [155] 1951 Woodbridge train wreck, Woodbridge, New Jersey; ~85 killed plus hundreds injured.
On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri. The derailment was caused by the train striking a dump truck that was obstructing the crossing of County Road 113, about three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mendon. Four people were killed in the wreck: three passengers ...
El Virilla train accident. March 14 – Costa Rica – El Virilla train accident: A train fell off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás, resulting in 248 deaths and 93 wounded. [ 59 ] May 24 – Germany – A train crashes into the rear of an excursion train standing at the platform at Munich East station killing 33 people ...
September 1 – United States – New Haven, Connecticut. A train wreck killed 21. [35] September 2 – United Kingdom – Ais Gill rail crash, Cumbria, England: A distracted engine crew passed signals at danger, and crashed into a train stalled on gradient killing fourteen and seriously injuring 38.
June 30 – United Kingdom – Salisbury rail crash, Salisbury, England: A speeding express train derailed and collided with a milk train on a sharp curve killing 28 (24 passengers, 4 crew). August 13 – United States – Elizabeth, New Jersey: Four boys were killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks by an Eastbound Express.
July 10 – Italy – A Pompeii -Naples and Naples- Herculaneum commuter train collided head-on in Cercola near Mount Vesuvius, Naples, killing 14 people and injuring 70. [88] August 21 – Thailand – A head-on collision of freight and passenger trains at Taling Chan killed 52 people and injured about 200.
July 9 – Poland – Rzepin train disaster: A fast Pt47 steam locomotive allegedly derailed in Rzepin. 160 people died. Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash. October 8 – United Kingdom – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash: Three trains are involved in a crash that kills 112 people and injures 340.
27 March. New York City subway fire. United States – 2020 New York City Subway fire: A fire on the 2 train at 110th Street station on the Lenox Avenue Line killed the train operator and injured 16 others. United States – In DeLand, Florida, an Amtrak Auto Train derailed when 8 train cars tipped over.