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This list of railway accidents in Sri Lanka provides details of significant railway crashes in Sri Lanka involving railway rolling stock. Other than these, a number of accidents have taken place. One major type is elephant accidents, which typically occur in the North-Central area. Other accidents occur at unsecured level crossings with road ...
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Category: Train collisions in Sri Lanka. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2011 Alawwa rail accident
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The 2011 Alawwa rail accident, occurred on the evening of Saturday 17 September 2011, when a passenger train, Sri Lanka Railways S11, drove into an observation car at the back of a stationary Intercity Express train near the Alawwa railway station, approximately 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Colombo. [1]
The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,000 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The tsunami subsequently caused ...
Pages in category "Lists of rail transport accidents and incidents by country" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alawwa rail accident 17 September – Sri Lanka – 2011 Alawwa rail accident: A passenger train rammed into an observation car at the back of another train near Alawwa, about 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Colombo, killing three and injuring more than 30. [99] Olten 6 October – Switzerland – Two trains collided at Olten, injuring two people. [90]