Talk:List of rail accidents (1990–1999)

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 * March 1, 1990 – Slaght, Ballykennedy, Northern Ireland: A Belfast–Derry train strikes a car at an ungated level crossing and derails. Three die including one on the train and more than 20 injured.
 * April 16, 1990 – Lysaker, Oslo, Norway: Two local passenger trains collide, 5 people killed.
 * April 16, 1990 – Patna rail disaster, India: 70 people killed as shuttle train is gutted by fire.
 * August 25, 1990 – near Spálov, Liberecký kraj, Czechoslovakia: At the railway line Tanvald—Železný Brod, between the Jesenný and Spálov railway stations, a freight train collided with a passenger train which then caught fire. 14 people killed, 32 injured.
 * January 29, 1992 – Jhansi, India : The Bhopal Junction bound 2184 Lucknow Bhopal Superfast Express train was fired by some Hindu extremists due to the riots on Babri Masjid demolition. The AC-I TIER and 3 Sleeper coaches were fully burnt, but no death report have been resulted.
 * April 3, 1992 – According to Russian Interfax news agency report, a Riga-Moscow passenger train slammed into freight train at Nelidovo, Tver, Russia, killing 40 people and injuring 50.
 * April 5, 1992 – According to Times of India report, a passenger train rammed into the rear of a stationary freight train at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, at least 24 people killed and injuring 15.
 * May 23, 1992 – According to Iranian IRIB television report, a passenger train and freight train head-on collided at Teheran-Ahvaz Line, outskirt of Dorud, Lorestan, Iran, killing 26 people and injuring 28.
 * March 12, 1992 – Gothenburg, Sweden: A tram rolls backwards down a hill without control and derails near the bottom. There it glides sideways in a high speed into a tram stop where people are waiting. 13 people killed, many injured.
 * June 30, 1992 – near Superior, Wisconsin, United States: A Burlington Northern freight train transporting benzene encounters fatigued tracks and derails, plunging 3 DOT-111 tank cars off a trestle and into the Nemadji River. One of the cars ruptures, spilling 79 500 L (21,000 US gallons) of chemicals into the river, which are then carried into Lake Superior, forming a toxic cloud over Superior and Duluth, Minnesota. 40,000 area residents are evacuated; many suffer long-term health problems, and the damage to the surrounding environment is considerable.
 * January 18, 1993 – Gary, Indiana, United States: The eastbound Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train number 7 runs a red signal and is hit by westbound train number 12; 7 passengers die, scores are injured in the accident.
 * January 30, 1993 – Ngai Ndethya, Kenya: 65 killed in a Mombasa-bound passenger train carrying 600 passengers which plunged into a river a bridge washaway.
 * January 31, 1993 – According to Chinese Xinhua News Agency and Railroad Ministry report, No.77 express Chifeng–Dalian rammed an overloaded bus at an unmanned level crossing at Liaoning, China, killing 66 people and injuring 28.
 * March 17, 1993 – near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States: An Amtrak passenger train strikes a gasoline tanker truck that has stopped on a grade crossing, causing the tanker to explode. Six people (including the truck driver) are killed and 12 injured. The dining car stops in the center of the fire and is damaged beyond repair.
 * March 28, 1993 – According to South Korean Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation television report, a Seoul–Busan express train derailed, when an express train was moving at normal speed approaching Busan station, suddenly 33 yards of rail track collapsed, and eight passenger cars plunged, where caused by 13-feet from caved in tracks at near Busan, South Korea, killing 79 people.
 * April 30, 1993 – According to BBTV Channel Seven of Thailand report, a passenger train hit a bus carrying children of Shergli Primary schools at unguarded railroad crossing at Phutthamonthon, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, killing 36 people including 28 children.
 * May 28, 1993 – According to Armenpress report, a passenger train loaded with concrete blocks, and slammed into another passenger train at Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia, killing 43 people.
 * July 24, 1993 – According to Indonesian RCTI report, a Surabaya–Pandanwangi passenger train rammed into an intercity bus at an unguarded railroad crossing, and a bus dragged for 80 yards before the train halted at Jombang, West Java, Indonesia, killing 15 people and injuring 20.
 * August 2, 1993 – Vega de Anzo, Spain a crash in a tunnel at kills 12 people.
 * August 25, 1993 – Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand: A cement truck fails to stop for the alarms at a level crossing and collides with the side of a southbound Southener passenger train, sending the truck's mixer bowl bouncing off the carriages and ripping two open, killing three passengers and seriously injuring seven others. As one of the people killed was the sister of New Zealand international cricketer Chris Cairns, the accident is often referred to for level crossing safety activism in New Zealand.
 * September 21, 1993 – Chhabra rail disaster, 71 people die in a collision between two trains at Chhabra in Rajasthan.
 * October 3, 1993 – Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway: A local train collides with a shunting (switch) locomotive. 5 people killed.
 * November 2, 1993 – Citayam, near Depok, West Java, Indonesia : 2 commuter train collision at Ratujaya, 25 Die. After the Incident 4 train survive later merged in one set train and the nickname was Albino / Rheostatik Cat Dog  and this is how the beginning of double track Depok - Bogor line
 * January 2, 1994 – According to Ugandan official report, a three car of passenger train with nine car of freight wagons derailed at Tororo–Pakwach railroad line, outskirt of Mbale, Uganda, killing 30 people, another 44 are injured.
 * January 13, 1994 - A Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus train derails in Lakeland, Florida killing 2.
 * August 4, 1994 – Batavia, New York, United States: Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited passenger train derails while traveling at 75 mph (120 km/h), injuring 125 passengers and crew members.
 * September 22, 1994 – Damaged brakes make a train crash into a canyon in Tolunda, Angola. 300 people killed.
 * December 2, 1994 – Szajol, Hungary: InterCity train traveling at 65 mph derails and crashes into the railway station's building, killing 31 passengers and injuring many people.
 * December 14, 1994 - Cajon Pass, USA: ATSF freight train loses control and rear-ends another train, derailing five locomotives and four cars and sparked a fire that burned for hours.
 * December 30, 1994 – According to Myanmarese MRTV and Kyehmon newspaper report, a Mandalay–Myitkyina passenger train derailed and plummeted into a ravine at the outskirts of Wuntho, central Myanmar, killing 102 people.
 * February 27, 1995 – Eibar, Basque Country, Spain: A train derails killing five people and injuring 33.
 * May 3, 1995 – Nalgonda rail disaster, 35 people are killed in a collision with a tractor in Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.
 * May 14, 1995 – Salem rail disaster, over 50 people are killed in a collision at Salem on the Madras route.
 * October 23, 1995 – According to Indonesian SCTV television report, a nightly passenger train derailed and crushing eight passenger cars and two locomotives at the outskirts of Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia, killing 17 people, another 100 are injured.
 * February 26, 1996 – Kutas, Hungary: Local train hits a bus. The crash ignites the fuel in the bus fuel tank and causes fire. 12 people killed.
 * May 14, 1996 – Alappuzha level crossing crash, 35 wedding guests are killed when their bus is run down by a train in Kerala.
 * May 25, 1996 – Varanasi level crossing crash, 25 people die in a collision with a tractor at Varanasi.
 * July 4, 1996 – A failed-brake tram derailed on the down-hill track, and slammed into a concrete structure at downtown Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, killing 32 people and injuring 75.
 * March 3, 1997 – According to Associated Press of Pakistan report, a Lahore–Karachi Zulfikar Express head-on collided with another passenger train, where hit buffers at end of the spur line and crushing a locomotive engine with five passenger cars at Mirshah, Khanewal, Panjab of Pakistan, Pakistani official announced at least 126 people dead with 81 injured.
 * March 24, 1997 – According to South Korean Seoul Broadcasting System television report, a Seoul bound passenger train smashed into packed local bus, where flipped a vehicle onto railroad side at Namwon, North Jeolla, South Korea, killing 14 and injuring 20.
 * March 31, 1997 – a RENFE intercity train derails at Uharte Arakil station at 130 km/h killing 18 people and injuring 100.
 * April 18, 1997 – Gorakhpur rail disaster, More than 60 people are killed by a collision at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
 * April 29, 1997 – No.324 express train Kunming–Zhengzhou collided with No.818 passenger train Changsha–Chaling at the speed 110 km/h, derailing 13 cars at Rongjiawan station, Yueyang, Hunan, China killing 126 and injuring more than 200.
 * May 1, 1997 - Firhøjulykken Two trains from HHGB Railcompany collided west from firhøj station, cause of the accident was the train from Helsingør departed from firhøj station before the train from Gilleleje arrived to Firhøj station, 2 people died and 19 injured.
 * May 5, 1997 – Reptowo, Poland. At 12.25 p.m., the switch under a passenger train moved autonomous and several cars run into parallel track and its restaurant car ("WARS") collided with a goods train - 12 people killed, 36 injured.
 * June 22, 1997 – Devine, Texas, United States: Two freight trains collided on a highway overpass, resulting in 4 deaths and an estimated 250-750 gallons of diesel fuel spilling out. A portion of the fuel burned off, while the rest mixed with leaking engine oil. The fuel and oil mixture leaked into two storm drains below, which was then carried by heavy rains southward to a spillway, and into a freshwater creek. Nearby residences were evacuated, and an extensive clean-up was promptly performed.
 * July 8, 1997 – Lehra Khanna Station bombing, 33 people are killed by a terrorist bomb left on a station at Lehra Khanna in the Punjab.
 * September 14, 1997 – Bilaspur rail disaster, 120 people are killed in a derailment on a bridge in Bilaspur province in Chhattisgarh.
 * December 25, 1997 – According to Pakistan Television report, a Karachi–Islamabad Rohi Express slammed into standing passenger train at Rostam Sargana, Jhang, Pakistan, killing 32 people, another injuring are 40.
 * January 5, 1998 – Karna train crash: In Karna, 400 mi southeast of New Delhi, at least 51 people died and 62 injured when a passenger train sped through a red light in fog and slammed into a stopped train that had hit a cow.
 * February 21, 1998 – South east Baku crash, Azerbaijan. A Russian freight train hits a farm truck on a level crossing, near Baku, at great speed. It was reported that only the 2 farmers were badly hurt and the train driver had only minor injuries. The freighter was carrying 2 parcel wagons, an empty flat-car and 5 atomic waste flasks.
 * April 24, 1998 – 15 car freight train collides with Manmad–Kacheguda express at Parli Vaijanath station, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 24 people and injuring 32.
 * June 18, 1998 – Burns Harbor, Indiana, United States: The westbound Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train number 102 strikes a semi-truck that was stopped on a grade crossing. 3 passengers are killed when the truck's steel cargo smashes through the front of the train.
 * August 13, 1998 – Chennai–Madurai express collides with a bus at an unmanned crossing on the Karur–Salem bypass route, Tamil Nadu, India, killing 19 people and injuring 37.
 * January 10, 1999 – Madhya Pradesh : The immediate firing of Malwa Express along way of Indore Junction - Indore Junction MG Killed about 73 people. Protests were held at Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Raipur
 * March 24, 1999 – Tsavo National Park, Kenya: 32 die at Tsavo National Park when the brakes on a passenger train fail, causing it to derail.
 * April 23, 1999 - Thamesville,Ontario : Two killed 36 injured in a derailment and collision with stationary hopper cars. Via Rail train #74 was eastbound to London, Ontario, and was passing through Thamesville when it encountered an open crossover switch. The locomotive tipped over to its right side and collided with hopper cars full of ammonium nitrate on an adjacent siding, destroying the cab of the locomotive, killing an engineer trainee and the engineer. A worse accident was avoided - another passenger train (Via #71) - was able to stop just 1000 meters before the accident scene. Cause was determined to be a manual switch left in the divergent position by an undetermined railway employee.
 * June 4, 1999 – Andhra Pradesh, India: twelve people are killed in a derailment at Kazipet.
 * July 16, 1999 – Grand Trunk Express bound for Delhi, collide with freight train near Mathura, Vrindavan, India, killing at least 17 people, another 200 are injured.
 * September 18, 1999 – A Karachi–Peshawar express with six passenger cars was slammed into a ranway engine at Wah Cantonment, Panjab of Pakistan, according Pakistani official confirmed killing 20 people, another 70 are injured.

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This list employs an annoying mixture of past and present tenses. It would be a service for somebody to apply a uniform style (including tense) to all entries. My preference would be for the past tense, since the list deals with past events, but in any case it should be consistent. J. D. Crutchfield &#124; Talk 15:48, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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