The train crash that killed at least 288 people and injured hundreds more in India is remarkable even in a country with a long history of train accidents.
In 2021 alone, there are more than 16,000 train-related deaths In India, according to the country’s National Crime Records Bureau, a number includes cases of people being stabbed while walking on tracks or falling off a moving train.
Here are some of the worst crashes in recent years.
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The deadliest accident in Indian railway history is believed to have occurred in 1981, when a passenger train derailed while crossing a bridge in Bihar state. Its cars sank into the Bagmati River, killing about 750 passengers; Many bodies were never recovered.
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In 1999, an accident in West Bengal killed about 285 people when the two trains collided head-on.
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In 2005, at least two dozen people were killed when a crowded passenger train crash into a stationary freight train in the western state of Gujarat.
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Dead point when a mail train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, east of New Delhi, 2011.
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In 2016, more than 100 passengers died another derailment in Uttar Pradesh.
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In 2018, dozens of people have cut down by an express train in the northwestern state of Punjab when they celebrate the Hindu festival with fireworks.
