TOP 10 WORST RAIL DISASTER

1)TELWATTA,Srilanka 26dec 2004

The queen of the sea train was struck by the tsunami of indian ocean.the resulting devastation made it impossible to determine the precise no of the casulties on the train a figure of 1700 to 2000 being oficially quoted.

2)Bagmati river india 6june 1981

Carriages of the train plunged off a bridge when the driver braked apparently to avoid hitting a sacred cow .although  the official death toll was said to have been 268 many authorities claimed that the train was so massively overcrowed that the actual figure was in excess of 8000

3)Chelyabinsk Russia 3june 1989

Two passenger trains laden with holidaymaker heading to and from black sea resort were destroyed when liquid gas from nearby pipeline exploded.

4)Guadalajara mexico 18jan 1915

A train derailed on a steep incline but political strife in the country  meant that full details of the disaster were suppressed.

5)Modane france 12dec 1917

A troop carrying train ran out of control and was derailed.it has been claimed that it was so over crowed that as many as 800 may have died.

6)Balvano Italy 2may 1944

A heavily laden train stalled in the Armi tunnel and many passenger were asphyxiated.like a disaster a torre  wartime secrwcy prevented full details from being published.

7)Torre Spain 3jan 1944

A double collison and fire in the tunnel resulted in many death.some authorities have put the total as high as 800.

8)Awash ethiopia13jan 1985

A derailment hurled a train Laden with some 1000 passenger into a rivine

9)cireau.Romania 7jan 1917

An over crowed passenger train crashed into a military train and was derailed.

10)reqa al gharbiya egypt 20 feb 2002

 a fire on the cairo luxor train engulfed the carriages.the driver was unaware and continued  while passenger were burnt or leapt from train to their death.