List of rail accidents in China

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This is a list of rail accidents in China.

Location Date Killed Injured Description Ref.
TianjinMarch 25, 188915+Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.
NunkouyuNovember 23, 190816A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river.[1]
LichiatsaiFebruary 191010+Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train.[2]
HonamDecember 191031111Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train.[3]
ChangshaJanuary 1918300A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train.[4]
HankouMay 192650A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons.[5]
AntingAugust 192620A train derailed due to sabotage.[6]
PengpuApril 13, 192810+A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river.[7]
JinzhouDecember 1930100+A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang.[8]
HankouFebruary 1931[9]
ShumchunApril 20, 19311220A train ran down an embankment.[10]
Jaoyangho, LiaoningSeptember 26, 193130A train travelling from Mukden to Peking was derailed and looted by bandits.[11]
YaplonyaMay 193240100A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train.[12]
HarbinSeptember 11, 1932A train was derailed and looted by bandits.[13]
JiangxiAugust 1933200A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang.[14]
ChalantunNovember 193320+20+A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manchuli derailed and crashed into a valley.[15]
HuangtaohotzeApril 19, 1934Derailment of a Japanese troop train.[16]
SuichungJanuary 1, 19351230A Japanese troor train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuoterritory.[17]
TengchatangOctober 22, 193660100Runaway coaches crashed into a train.[18]
Sheklung, GuangzhouJanuary 17, 193710050Fire on a passenger train.[19]
SishihpoNovember 8, 1937Japanese air raid on a passenger train.[20]
KwangtungJanuary 2, 19381010A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed.[21]
Milokang, HunanMay 16, 1938100+100Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.[22]
Songjiang TownSeptember 8, 1938300400Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees.[23]
HaiphongFebruary 2, 1940101120Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong.[24]
SuzhouNovember 29, 1940100205Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas.[25]
HunanMay 30, 19469060+A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge.[26]
TientsinMay 1947100Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.[27]
YingtanJuly 10, 19472156A train derailed and plunged into a river.[28]
Shumchun, GuangdongSeptember 3, 19482598A train derailed probably due to sabotage.[29]
PengpuSeptember 1948100Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.[30]
ChuchowApril 22, 19491110A train derailed.[31]
GuangzhouSeptember 29, 19492430[32]
TientsinJanuary 19501760Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway.[33]
Fangshan DistrictDecember 7, 19711422Collision between a passenger train and a truck.
Yangzhuang, Lujiang countyDecember 16, 1978106218Collision of two passenger trains.[34]
HeilongjiangFebruary 11, 1979100+A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed.
ZhuzhouJanuary 22, 1980224
Ganluo CountyJuly 9, 1981200+1461981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash
Chaoyang VillageOctober 20, 1981365Explosion.
May 14, 1984622Fire on a passenger train.
HunanFebruary 1985134A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks.[35]
ShaoguanJanuary 15, 1986738Explosion on an express train.
HeilongjiangApril 22, 19871144Explosion on an express train.[36]
MengmiaoJuly 18, 1987969Explosion on a passenger train.
Matianxu, HunanJanuary 7, 19883430Fire on a passenger train.[37]
January 17, 19881976Collision of a passenger train.
YunnanJanuary 24, 19889067A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun.[38]
NanxiangMarch 24, 198829100Collision of two express trains.[39]
LiaoningDecember 23, 19884654A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[40]
HuinanJanuary 18, 19893241A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[41]
ShanghaiJune 26, 19892439Suicide bombing of a passenger train.[42]
Guokou, JiangsuSeptember 18, 199113A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog.[43]
Wulidun, ZhuzhouMarch 21, 19921525Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.[44]
LiaoningJanuary 31, 19936628A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[45]
LiaoningApril 30, 199335A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren.[46]
July 10, 19934048
Xiangfan passenger sectionJanuary 15, 19948237 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured
GuangxiAugust 13, 19941250Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin.[47]
BeijingOctober 20, 19941712+A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[48]
Rongjiawan, YueyangApril 29, 1997126230Collision of two passenger trains.[49]
Central ChinaSeptember 1998274A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party.[50]
LiaoningJanuary, 199924100Collision of a freight train with a passenger train.[51]
HengyangJuly 19, 1999940Derailment of a passenger train.
ShenyangJuly 31, 2005530Collision of a freight train with a passenger train due to a sabotaged signal.[52]
Beijing Kowloon Railway, near Dongshui station (东水站)April 11, 2006218Signal failure leading to collision of 2 trains (T159 and 1017) causing derailment of last 4 carriages of train 1017
Outside Red Hill Station (红山渠站)February 28, 2007332High winds caused railed derailment for train bound for Urumqi[53]
ChangyiJanuary 23, 2008189Passenger train D59 travelling from Beijing to Qingdao[54]
ZiboApril 28, 200872416Zibo train collision
ChenzhouJune 29, 2009363Chenzhou train collision
Liuzhou CityJuly 29, 2009434Derailment of a passenger train[55]
Dongxiang County, JiangxiMay 23, 201019712010 Jiangxi derailment
HohhotAugust 13, 2010111A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site.[56]
UrumqiMarch 24, 2011385A train crashed into a bus.[57]
WenzhouJuly 23, 201140210+Wenzhou train collision
AnhuiJanuary 25, 201800A fire on high-speed train.[58]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Train wreck in China, St. Joseph Gazette (November 25, 1908)
  2. ↑ A railway disaster in China, The Straits Times (March 4, 1910)
  3. ↑ Terrible railway accident in China, Weekly Sun (December 17, 1910)
  4. ↑ Railway disaster near Changsha, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 11, 1918)
  5. ↑ Railway accident in China, The Straits Times (May 14, 1926)
  6. ↑ Twenty killed in Shanghai wreck, The Beaver Falls Tribune (August 26, 1926)
  7. ↑ China railway smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 9, 1928)
  8. ↑ Raiwlay disaster in China, The Straits Times (December 30, 1930)
  9. ↑ Train disaster in China, The Straits Times (February 19, 1931)
  10. ↑ China train smash, The Straits Times (April 22, 1931)
  11. ↑ Britisher killed by bandits, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (September 28, 1931)
  12. ↑ Chinese train crash, The Straits Times (May 29, 1932)
  13. ↑ Bandits wreck train in Manchuria: 100 killed, The Straits Times (September 12, 1932)
  14. ↑ China railway disaster, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (August 22, 1933)
  15. ↑ 20 soldiers killed, The Straits Times (November 28, 1933)
  16. ↑ Train jumps rails, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (April 20, 1934)
  17. ↑ 12 killed in Japanese troop train tragedy, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 5, 1935)
  18. ↑ China train wreck kills 60 people, The Calgary Daily Herald (October 26, 1936)
  19. ↑ 100 persons perish in Chinese train disaster, Ottawa Citizen (January 18, 1937)
  20. ↑ Train bombed in China; 200 hurt or killed, The Milwaukee Journal (November 8, 1938)
  21. ↑ Train derailed, ten killed, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 4, 1938)
  22. ↑ 200 dead in China rail smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 20, 1938)
  23. ↑ Skies rain death on Chinese train, Lawrence Journal-World (September 8, 1938)
  24. ↑ Bombing of Yunnan lione to go on, says Tokyo, The Straits Times (February 6, 1940)
  25. ↑ Train blown up in China; many killed, Reading Eagle (November 29, 1940)
  26. ↑ Ninety Killed In Train Smash, The Straits Times (June 4, 1946)
  27. ↑ Land mine wrecks train, killing 100, Spokane Daily Chronicle (May 31, 1947)
  28. ↑ 21 Killed, 56 Injured in Chinese Train Wreck, Chicago Tribune (July 13, 1947)
  29. ↑ 25 Chinese dead in train wreck, Spokane Daily Chronicle (September 4, 1948)
  30. ↑ Mine blows up train in China, 100 killed, Eugene Register-Guard (September 16, 1948)
  31. ↑ Chinese Train Derailed, The Hartford Courant (April 24, 1949)
  32. ↑ 24 die in Canton train derailment, The Straits Times (October 1, 1949)
  33. ↑ 17 killed in rail crash, The Straits Times (January 29, 1950)
  34. ↑ Trains crash in China; 100 killed, 200 injured, Toledo Blade (December 24, 1978)
  35. ↑ Train toll, The Straits Times (March 13, 1985)
  36. ↑ Blast in train kills 11 in China, The Miami News ()
  37. ↑ 34 killed in China train fire, The Straits Times (January 9, 1988)
  38. ↑ 90 killed, 66 injured in China train crash, Manila Standard (January 26, 1988)
  39. ↑ Shanghai train crash leaves 26 dead, New Straits Times (March 26, 1988)
  40. ↑ 46 killed as train slams bus, Star-News (December 25, 1988)
  41. ↑ 32 killed in China as train slams bus, Toronto Star (January 19, 1989)
  42. ↑ Train blast kills 20 near Shanghai, The Milwaukee Sentinel (June 20, 1989)
  43. ↑ 13 railway workers killed by train in China, The Straits Times (September 20, 1991)
  44. ↑ Dozen killed when trains collide, Sun Journal (March 23, 1992)
  45. ↑ 66 die in China train-bus crash, New Straits Times (February 1, 1993)
  46. ↑ 35 killed as train rams into bus in China, The Straits Times (May 1, 1993)
  47. ↑ Train blast kills 12, The Straits Times (August 19, 1994)
  48. ↑ 17 killed when train hits bus in China, Chicago Tribune (October 21, 1994)
  49. ↑ At least 67 killed in train crash in China, New Straits Times (May 1, 1997)
  50. ↑ 27 in bridal party killed in accident, The Straits Times (September 17, 1998)
  51. ↑ 24 killed in train crash in China, The Straits Times (January 8, 1999)
  52. ↑ China crash 'due to cable theft', BBC News (August 2, 2005)
  53. ↑ List of Major Train Incidents in China (Chinese)
  54. ↑ List of Major Train Incidents in China (Chinese)
  55. ↑ Four killed, dozens injured after train derails in S China Archived 2013-07-28 at Archive.is, Eastday (July 29, 2009)
  56. ↑ Train derails in North China, 11 dead, China Daily (August 14, 2010)
  57. ↑ 3 killed, 85 hurt in Urumqi when train hits bus, China Daily (March 24, 2011)
  58. ↑ A fire onboard a Chinese high-speed train forced passengers to evacuate on Thursday, the Shanghai Railway Bureau said, with an electrical installation thought to be at fault. No one was hurt.], Reuters (January 25, 2018)
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