Railway accident with 36 dead. Tempe shook Greece. Some speak of the deadliest railroad tragedy in our nation’s history.

Unfortunately, there have been many fatal railway accidents in Europe, some of which even bear some resemblance to today’s tragedy.

Head-on train collision in Italy

In the days when Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA was acquiring TRAINOSE, Italy was rocked by a serious railway accident.

IN July 12, 2016how it happened in Tempe, two trains were traveling on the same track and collided head-on in Puglia, in southern Italy, between the cities of Corato and Andria.

Then they lost their lives 23 peopleand three wagons literally turned to dust.

“Of course, one of the two trains should not have been there. There has been a mistake, and we must find the cause of the error,” the head of the railway police said at the time.

Made in Italy another tragedy with 32 dead on June 29, 2009. An LPG tanker then exploded as the train was leaving Viagero station in central Italy, causing the train to derail.

The deadliest train accident in neighboring Italy occurred in 1978 when a high-speed train on the Venice-Rome route collided with a train connecting Lecce to Milan. The death toll was 50 people.

Accidents in Britain

her business Britannia shows some similarities with Greece: constant complaints about poor network and train service and long delays on routes.

After the privatization of British Rail (1994-1997), four accidents shocked public opinion. The largest of these occurred on October 5, 1999 in Ladbroke Grove (Ladbroke Grove), at the exit of the station Paddington London.

The commuter train then crashed through a traffic light and collided with a commuter express, killing 31 people and injuring 245.

It was preceded by an accident in which 7 people died. Southall when a high-speed train collided with a freight train.

Also in 2000, due to equipment failure, a train derailed at hatfieldresulting in the death of 4 people.

Finally, in 2002, in his area pottery bar 7 people were tragically killed again when their train derailed and ended up in a “wedge” between the station platform and neighboring buildings. It is noted that three more railway accidents occurred at the same place.

Other fatal accidents in Europe

• 2013: 80 dead in Spain

On 24 July, a high-speed train traveling at 179 km/h derailed on a curve with a speed limit of 80 km/h shortly before arriving in Santiago de Compostela and then crashed into a wall. A total of 80 people were killed and 140 injured in the worst railway accident in Spain since 1944.

• 2013: 33 dead in Hungary

Thirty-three German pensioners have died in a bus-train collision near the tourist town of Sofiok on the shores of Lake Balaton in western Hungary. The bus driver drove through a red traffic light.

• 2010: 45 dead in Ukraine

On October 12, in Maganda in eastern Ukraine, a train and bus collision killed 45 people. The Ukrainian authorities accused the bus driver of driving through the railway crossing, ignoring the red light and the screams of the passengers.

• 2006: 47 dead in Montenegro

At least 47 people were killed and 234 injured on 2 January when a train derailed 15 km from Podgorica. The driver did not activate the brake system.

• 2004: 41 dead in Turkey

On July 22, a train derailment near Pamukka in northwestern Turkey’s Sakarya province killed 41 people and injured 80. This is the biggest train accident in Turkey in 50 years.

• 1998: 101 dead in Germany

On June 3, 101 people died and 88 were injured in Essen, northern Germany, when an InterCity Express (ICE) train derailed. It is Germany’s deadliest rail disaster since the June 1945 accident in Munich that killed 102 people.

According to AFP, Guardian, The Conversation.