At least 36 people have died and dozens injured in a collision between two trains near the northern Greek city of Larisa in one of Europe’s deadliest rail disasters in recent memory.
Here are the deadliest rail accidents in Europe in the past 25 years.
– 1998: Germany, 101 killed –
On June 3, a state-owned Deutsche Bahn high-speed train derailed at Eschede in Lower Saxony due to a suspected defective wheel, killing 101 people and injuring 88. Munich in 1945.
– 2013: Spain, 80 killed –
On July 24, a train with 222 passengers on board derailed near Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, killing 80 passengers and injuring 140, the worst railway accident in Spain since 1944.
– 2006: Montenegro, 47 killed –
On January 23, a train crashed into the canyon of the Moraca River about 15 km north of the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica, killing 47 passengers and injuring 234. The driver was found guilty of not turning on the brakes at the train stop. .
– 2010: Ukraine, 45 killed –
On October 12, 45 people were killed when a train and a bus collided in Marganets in east-central Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities accuse the driver of the bus who died in the accident that he drove to the intersection, despite the red traffic light and the screams of passengers.
– 2004: Turkey, 41 killed –
The worst train disaster in Turkey’s recent history took place on July 22, when 41 people died and 80 were injured when a high-speed train derailed in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
– 2003: Hungary, 33 killed –
On May 8, a passenger train and a tourist bus carrying German pensioners collided at a railway crossing in Siofok, killing 33 people.
– 2009: Italy, 32 killed –
On June 29, a freight train carrying LPG derailed and exploded while transiting the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio.
The force of the blast destroyed two small apartment buildings housing many of the 32 victims in Italy’s deadliest rail accident in over 30 years.
– 1999: England, 31 killed –
On October 5, an accident near London Paddington station killed 31 people and injured more than 245 people in one of the worst rail tragedies in British history.