A look back at the latest rail accidents in Europe

Europe’s rail system is generally safe, but the latest tragedy in Greece that left dozens dead and injured highlights just how deadly accidents can be when they happen. Here is an overview of the deadliest rail accidents in recent years:

AUSTRIA 2000: FIRE IN A FUNICULAR In November 2000, a funicular caught fire in a mountain tunnel in Kaprun, Austria, killing 155 people.

GERMANY, 1998: TRAIN ACCIDENTS ON A BRIDGE In June 1998, a train traveling at 200 km/h collided with a bridge in Eschede, Germany, causing it to collapse and killing 101 people and injuring more than 100. This was the Germany’s worst post-war train disaster.

SPAIN, 2013: TRAIN DERAILS In July 2013, a passenger train derailed as it rounded a curve near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, killing 80 people and injuring 145.

SPAIN, 2006: UNDERGROUND TRAIN ACCIDENT A high-speed metro train crashed into an underground tunnel in the Spanish city of Valencia in July 2006, killing 43 people and injuring dozens more.

MONTENEGRO: TRAIN FALLS INTO RAW In January 2006, faulty brakes derailed a train and plunged it into a ravine in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica. Forty-five people died, including five minors, and 184 were injured.

ITALY, 2009: GAS TRAIN EXPLOSION In 2009, a gas train derailed and exploded at Viareggio station near Lucca in Italy’s Tuscany region, killing 32 people.

BRITAIN, 1999: LONDON TRAIN CRASH Britain’s worst rail crash in 30 years happened in October 1999, when a train leaving Paddington station in London ignored a red light and ran into collision with another train, killing 31 and injuring around 400.

ITALY, 2016: TRAIN ACCIDENT IN PUGLIA In July 2016, two Italian trains collided head-on in the southern region of Puglia, killing 31 people and injuring dozens. The investigation revealed that there was a communication error between the stations from which each of the trains had departed.

BELGIUM, 2010: TRAIN ACCIDENT OUTSIDE BRUSSELS On February 15, 2010, two passenger trains collided just outside Brussels during the morning rush hour when one of them ignored a traffic light red. 19 people died and 171 were injured in the worst train accident in Belgian history.