Near the northern Greek city of Larissa, two trains collided, resulting in the deaths of at least 38 people and dozens of injuries in one of Europe’s most recent train accidents. The most fatal rail accidents in Europe over the past 25 years are listed here.
In one of the most recent train accidents in Europe, two trains collided near the northern Greek city of Larissa, resulting in at least 38 deaths and dozens of injuries.

The most fatal rail accidents in Europe over the past 25 years are listed here.

1998: Germany, 101 killed.
State-owned Deutsche Bahn’s high-speed train derailed in Eschede, Lower Saxony, on June 3 due to a suspected defective wheel, killing 101 and injuring 88. It is the deadliest train accident in German history, surpassing the 102 deaths in 1945 near Munich.

1999: One of Britain’s worst train tragedies claimed the lives of 31 people on October 5 when a crash near London’s Paddington station killed 31 people and injured more than 245 others.

2003: 33 people were killed in Hungary on May 8 when a passenger train and a tourist bus carrying German pensioners collided on a level crossing at Siofok.

2004: Turkey, 41 killed Turkey’s worst rail accident in recent memory occurs on July 22 when a high-speed train derails in the Sakarya province in the northwestern part of the country, killing 41 people and injuring 80.

2006: 47 people were killed in Montenegro on January 23 when a train crashed into a river canyon 15 kilometers (nine miles) north of the capital, Podgorica, killing 47 people and injuring 234. At a train stop, the driver is found guilty of failing to apply the brakes.

2009: 32 people were killed in Italy on June 29 when a freight train carrying liquid petroleum gas derailed and exploded while passing through Viareggio, a seaside town in Tuscany.

In Italy’s deadliest rail accident in more than 30 years, the force of the explosion knocks down two small flat blocks where many of the 32 victims lived.

2010: 45 deaths in Ukraine on October 12 as a result of a train-bus collision in Marganets, eastern-central Ukraine. The bus driver who died in the accident, according to the Ukrainian authorities, entered the crossing despite a red light and passengers’ screams.

2013: Spain’s worst train accident since 1944: 80 fatalities and 140 injuries on July 24 when a train carrying 222 passengers shoots off the tracks near Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain.