Train accident

Train accident

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Death traps on rails: Cumilla level crossings claim over 350 lives in 5 years

Unprotected and poorly managed level crossings across Cumilla have turned into deadly traps.

Fire breaks out on Dhaka-bound Chattala Express while the train was in motion in Sitakunda, Chattogram, on 26 March 2026. Photo: TBS

Fire breaks out on moving train in Sitakunda, probe committee formed

Bus mangled as high-speed train rams into it at level crossing in Cumilla on 22 March 2026. Photo: TBS

12 killed as train rams into bus in Cumilla; probes launched

Screengrab of video of the aftermath of a train-truck collision in Rajshahi. Photo: Collected

Two injured as train collision lands truck on house in Rajshahi

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Railway police injured in train accident in Gazipur

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain. Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera

Spain's deadly rail accidents prompt maintenance investment debate

An ambulance arrives at the scene of a commuter train derailment after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain, killing the driver and injuring several people near Barcelona, in Gelida, Spain, January 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Bruna Casas

Commuter train derails near Barcelona; driver dead, four badly injured

People affected by a deadly train derailment are transferred and treated at the Caseta Municipal in the town of Adamuz, after a high-speed train derailed and collided with another approaching train near Cordoba, Spain, January 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Alex Gallegos Purchase

Two high-speed trains derail in Spain, police sources say 39 people killed

Wreckage at the site where a train was derailed when a construction crane collapsed and fell onto its carriages, causing several casualties, in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, January 14, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

At least 32 killed after crane falls on train in Thailand

A train traveling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani lies damaged after being derailed when a construction crane fell onto one of its carriages, causing multiple casualties, in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, January 14, 2026. Photo: Ministry of Transport/Handout via REUTERS

At least 31 killed, 64 injured after crane falls on train in Thailand

Train passengers use their mobile phones to take photographs of a dead elephant after it was hit by a train in Hojai district in the eastern state of Assam, India, on 20 December 2025. Photo: Biki Das/Reuters

Seven elephants killed in India train accident

People gather after a passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station, Chhattisgarh, India on 4 November 2025. Photo: PTI via HT

Eight killed in train collision in central India

An oncoming train nears an unguarded level crossing at Dohazari–Jamirjuri, Chandanaish—one of 56 such risky crossings on the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar line. Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin

Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway: No gateman at 56 of 72 crossings, 30 deaths in 20 months