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.
Tianjin1889/03/2515+Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.
Nunkouyu1908/11/2316A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river.[1]
Lichiatsai1910/0210+Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train.[2]
Honam1910/1231111Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train.[3]
Changsha1918/01300A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train.[4]
Hankou1926/0550A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons.[5]
Anting1926/0820A train derailed due to sabotage.[6]
Pengpu1928/04/1310+A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river.[7]
Jinzhou1930/12100+A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang.[8]
Hankou1931/02[9]
Shumchun1931/04/201220A train ran down an embankment.[10]
Jaoyangho, Liaoning1931/09/2630A train travelling from Mukden to Peking was derailed and looted by bandits.[11]
Yaplonya1932/0540100A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train.[12]
Harbin1932/09/11A train was derailed and looted by bandits.[13]
Jiangxi1933/08200A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang.[14]
Chalantun1933/1120+20+A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manchuli derailed and crashed into a valley.[15]
Huangtaohotze1934/04/19Derailment of a Japanese troop train.[16]
Suichung1935/01/011230A Japanese troor train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuoterritory.[17]
Tengchatang1936/10/2260100Runaway coaches crashed into a train.[18]
Sheklung, Guangzhou1937/01/1710050Fire on a passenger train.[19]
Sishihpo1937/11/08Japanese air raid on a passenger train.[20]
Kwangtung1938/01/021010A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed.[21]
Milokang, Hunan1938/05/16100+100Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.[22]
Songjiang Town1938/09/08300400Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees.[23]
Haiphong1940/02/02101120Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong.[24]
Suzhou1940/11/29100205Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas.[25]
Hunan1946/05/309060+A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge.[26]
Tientsin1947/05100Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.[27]
Yingtan1947/07/102156A train derailed and plunged into a river.[28]
Shumchun, Guangdong1948/09/032598A train derailed probably due to sabotage.[29]
Pengpu1948/09100Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.[30]
Chuchow1949/04/221110A train derailed.[31]
Guangzhou1949/09/292430[32]
Tientsin1950/011760Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway.[33]
Fangshan District1971/12/071422Collision between a passenger train and a truck.
Yangzhuang, Lujiang County1978/12/16106218Collision of two passenger trains.[34]
Heilongjiang1979/02/11100+A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed.
Zhuzhou1980/01/22224
Ganluo County1981/07/09200+1461981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash
Chaoyang Village1981/10/20365Explosion.
1984/05/14622Fire on a passenger train.
Hunan1985/02134A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks.[35]
Shaoguan1986/01/15738Explosion on an express train.
Heilongjiang1987/04/221144Explosion on an express train.[36]
Mengmiao1987/07/18969Explosion on a passenger train.
Matianxu, Hunan1988/01/073430Fire on a passenger train.[37]
1988/01/171976Collision of a passenger train.
Yunnan1988/01/249067A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun.[38]
Nanxiang1988/03/2429100Collision of two express trains.[39]
Liaoning1988/12/234654A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[40]
Huinan1989/01/183241A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[41]
Shanghai1989/06/262439Suicide bombing of a passenger train.[42]
Guokou, Jiangsu1991/09/1813A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog.[43]
Wulidun, Zhuzhou1992/03/211525Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.[44]
Liaoning1993/01/316628A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[45]
Liaoning1993/04/3035A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren.[46]
1993/07/104048
Xiangfan passenger section1994/01/158237 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured
Guangxi1994/08/131250Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin.[47]
Beijing1994/10/201712+A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.[48]
Rongjiawan, Yueyang1997/04/29126230Collision of two passenger trains.[49]
Central China1998/09274A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party.[50]
Liaoning1999/0124100Collision of a freight train with a passenger train.[51]
Hengyang1999/07/19940Derailment of a passenger train.
Shenyang2005/07/31530Collision of a freight train with a passenger train due to a sabotaged signal.[52]
Beijing Kowloon Railway, near Dongshui station (东水站)2006/04/11218Signal 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)2007/02/28332High winds caused railed derailment for train bound for Urumqi[53]
Changyi2008/01/23189Passenger train D59 travelling from Beijing to Qingdao[54]
Zibo2008/04/2872416Zibo train collision
Chenzhou2009/06/29363Chenzhou train collision
Liuzhou2009/07/29434Derailment of a passenger train[55]
Dongxiang County, Jiangxi2010/05/2319712010 Jiangxi derailment
Hohhot2010/08/13111A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site.[56]
Urumqi2011/03/24385A train crashed into a bus.[57]
Wenzhou2011/07/2340210+Wenzhou train collision

See also

References
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  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)
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  8. Raiwlay disaster in China, The Straits Times (December 30, 1930)
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  12. Chinese train crash, The Straits Times (May 29, 1932)
  13. Bandits wreck train in Manchuria: 100 killed, The Straits Times (September 12, 1932)
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  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)
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  35. Train toll, The Straits Times (March 13, 1985)
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  40. 46 killed as train slams bus, Star-News (December 25, 1988)
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  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)
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  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)
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  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)
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