The following is a list of terrorist incidents involving railway systems:
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States | 3 September 1861 | 17 | 100+ | Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy: A Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad train was wrecked after Confederate partisans sabotaged the supports of a bridge over the Platte River. | Bushwhackers | American Civil War |
Schwarzenau, Austria-Hungary (now in Austria) | 4 November 1875 | 9 | 81 | A passenger train from Vienna Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Prague derailed due to the loosening of the fastenings of a piece of track on the outer rail in a curve that ran near the Schwarzenau station. | A destitute signalman | |
Chillón, Spain | 27 April 1884 | 59 | 81 | Alcudia bridge disaster: A train plunged into a river after bridge supports were sawn off. | Unknown | |
London, United Kingdom | 26 April 1887 | 2 | 8 | A bomb planted in a first-class compartment exploded on the Metropolitan Railway near Aldersgate St. station. The first fatal terrorist attack against what is now the London Underground, it is one of a series of bombings of the Underground and other London landmarks.[1] | Fenians | Fenian dynamite campaign |
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | 9 August 1894 | 11 | 1894 Rock Island railroad wreck: A locomotive pulling two passenger cars was derailed. There were signs that a 400-foot trestle had been purposely damaged, and it was ruled as sabotage.[2] | Unknown (An African-American man, George Washington Davies, was initially convicted of second-degree murder for the crime, but was later paroled due to strong doubts over his guilt.) | ||
Litchfield, Illinois, United States | 3 July 1904 | 24 | A sabotaged switch led to the derailment of a Wabash Railroad train.[3] | |||
Mentor, Ohio, United States | 21 June 1905 | 21 | 25+ | The New York Central Railroad's flagship passenger train, the 20th Century Limited, was derailed in an apparent act of sabotage. | ||
British India | 7 October 1920 | 13 | 15 | During a labour dispute on the Madras Railway, the Madras-Bangalore Mail (which would now be Chennai-Bengaluru) was derailed due to a sabotaged track | 60 coolies arrested.[4] | |
Germany | 19 August 1926 | 21 | A Berlin-to-Cologne express derailed on an embankment due to sabotage of the track. The locomotive and seven cars fell down the embankment and two cars were telescoped. | Two men were convicted and sentenced to death.[5] | ||
British India (now in Myanmar) | 28 January 1928 | 54 | 30 | A mail train from Mandalay to Rangoon (now Yangon), was derailed by sabotage to the track at a bridge between Yindsikkon (now Yin Taik Kone) and Kyauktaga. The locomotive and four cars fell into the river 50 feet (15 m) below. | Dacoits (suspected).[6] | |
Biatorbágy, Hungary | 13 September 1931 | 22 | 120 | The Vienna Express was derailed by a bomb planted by a man who claimed he got sexual pleasure watching trains crash. | Szilveszter Matuska | |
Puçol, Spain | 9 December 1933 | 13 | 38 | A train plunged into a river after as it passed over a bridge that had been bombed. | Anarchists | |
Hazaribagh, British India | 12 January 1939 | 21 | 71 | On the East Indian Railway, saboteurs removed a 36-foot (11 m) length of rail. The locomotive of the Dehra Dun Express from Howrah made it across the gap, but the rest of the train was derailed.[7] | Unknown | |
Nevada, United States | 12 August 1939 | 24 | 25+ | 1939 City of San Francisco derailment – An act of sabotage sent the City of San Francisco flying off a bridge in the Nevada desert; five cars were destroyed. The case remains unsolved.[8] | ||
Tarnów, Poland | 28 August 1939 | 20 | 35 | Tarnów train station bombing: A German agent placed a suitcase bomb at a busy railway station. | Antoni Guzy (Nazi German agent) | Lead up to the German invasion of Poland in World War II |
Jairampur, Bengal, British India | 5 August 1940 | 34 | 50 | The Dacca Mail on the Eastern Bengal Railway was derailed 80 miles (130 km) from Calcutta (now Kolkata) by track sabotage.[9] | ||
Suzhou, China | 29 November 1940 | 100 | 300 | Guerrillas operating in Japanese-occupied territory blew up the superstructure under a train traveling from Shanghai to Nanjing. | Kuomintang | Second Sino-Japanese War |
Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan) | 16 May 1942 | 22 | 26 | Dacoits from a Sufi religious community sabotaged the track of the Punjab Mail train to Lahore between Tando Adam Khan and Odero Lal, derailing the locomotive and 6 cars. They then attacked the passengers and stole their valuables. Among the dead was a minister of the Sindh government.[10] | Hur dacoits | |
Rehovot, Mandatory Palestine | 22 April 1947 | 8 | Five British Army officers, two Palestinian Arab adults and a 3-year-old boy were killed when a military train was mined.[11] | Lehi | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | |
Lydda, Mandatory Palestine | 15 May 1947 | 2 | 11 | Seven bombs exploded along train tracks, killing two British lieutenants.[12] | Lehi | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine |
Tianjin, China | 31 May 1947 | 100 | A train was hit by landmine laid by guerrillas. The locomotive and the three following cars derailed and were damaged. The guerrillas then looted the train. | People's Liberation Army | Chinese Civil War | |
Lydda, Mandatory Palestine | 9 August 1947 | 1 | A British troop train was bombed, killing the engineer.[13] | Irgun | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | |
Amritsar, India | 22 September 1947 | 3418 | 1328 | 1947 Amritsar train massacre: A train carrying more than 4,500 Muslim refugees was ambushed and fired upon for three hours. | Armed Sikhs | Partition of India |
Kamoke, Pakistan | 25 September 1947 | 408 (per government report) Several thousand per other sources |
587 (per government report) | 1947 Kamoke train massacre: A train carrying Hindu and Sikh refugees was ambushed.[14] | Armed Muslims | Partition of India |
Haifa, Mandatory Palestine | 29 September 1947 | 0 | 1 | A British troop train was bombed.[15] | Irgun | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine |
Gujrat, Pakistan | 12 January 1948 | 1,300–1,600 | 150 | 1948 Gujrat train massacre: Hindu and Sikh refugees were killed after a clash between soldiers escorting the train and Pathans. | Armed Muslim Pathans | Partition of India |
Rehovot, Mandatory Palestine | 29 February 1948 | 28 | 35 | Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948: Jewish militants mined a British military train in retaliation for the Ben Yehuda Street Bombing. No civilians were hurt. | Lehi | 1948 Palestine war |
Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine | 31 March 1948 | 40 | 60 | Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948: A British military train was mined by Jewish militants. Though some soldiers were on the train, all casualties were civilians. | Lehi | 1948 Palestine war |
Tokyo, Japan | 15 July 1949 | 6 | 20 | Mitaka incident: A train was deliberately crashed into the Mitaka Station. The government blamed the Japanese Communist Party but the only person convicted was not a member of a party and his guilt remains in doubt. | Keisuke Takeuchi (suspected) | |
Matsukawa, Japan | 17 August 1949 | 3 | Matsukawa derailment: A Tōhoku Main Line train was derailed between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations, killing three crew members. The government blamed the Japanese Communist Party but later retracted. | Unknown | ||
Col des Nuages, French Indochina (now in Vietnam) | 24 June 1953 | 100+ | 1953 Col des Nuages derailment: A passenger train crashed into a ravine after passing through a sabotaged viaduct. | Viet Minh | First Indochina War |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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San Sebastian, Spain | 28 June 1960 | 1 | Several | Bomb attack at the Amara station by leftwing militants. | DRIL | |
Siliguri, West Bengal, India | 19 April 1961 | 23 | 77 | A passenger train was derailed by a sabotaged track.[16] | ||
Vitry-le-François, France | 18 June 1961 | 28 | 100+ | 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing: A Strasbourg-Paris train was derailed by a bomb planted on the track. The fact that the derailment was deliberate was kept secret by the government for many years. | OAS | Algerian War |
Lumding, Assam, India | 20 April 1966 | 57 | 72 | A train from Tinsukia to New Jalpaiguri was standing at Lumding Junction when a bomb destroyed several cars. | Naga rebels (suspected).[17][18][19] | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland |
Diphu, Assam, India | 23 April 1966 | 41 | 81 | A stationary train from Tinsukia to New Jalpaiguri was blown up by a bomb. | Naga rebels (suspected).[19] | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 21 July 1972 | 9 | 130 | Bloody Friday: Three railway stations were among those targeted by 22 car bombs across the city within a span of 80 minutes. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
London, United Kingdom | 10 September 1973 | 0 | 38 | Bombings of King's Cross and Euston stations: Attacks were carried out on two mainline stations. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy | 4 August 1974 | 12 | 48 | Italicus Express bombing 1974: A bomb exploded on the Italicus Express second-class train car before dawn. The first explosion was caused by a bomb; the second was thought possibly to be caused by a short circuit. The defendants, neo-fascists Mario Tuti, Luciano Franci, Piero Malentacchi, and Margherita Luddi were acquitted of planting the bomb on the Rome-Munich vacation express due to a lack of evidence in 1983. | Ordine Nero (claimed) | Years of Lead |
Wijster, Netherlands | 2–14 December 1975 | 3 | 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis: Seven terrorists hijacked the Hoogeveen-Beilen train with about 50 passengers held them hostage for twelve days, killing three hostages. | South Moluccan freedom fighters | ||
London, United Kingdom | 4 March 1976 | 0 | 8 | A bomb exploded on an empty electric multiple unit at Cannon Street, wounding people aboard an adjacent train.[20] | ||
London, United Kingdom | 15 March 1976 | 1 | 9 | West Ham station attack: Premature detonation of an explosive inside a train, followed by the bomber opening fire inside the station. | Adrian Vincent Donnelly (Provisional IRA member) | The Troubles |
Alexandria, Egypt | 14 August 1976 | 8 | 51 | A bomb exploded on a train loaded with workers and peasants at 10:45 am. The bomb was left on the luggage rack and exploded while the train was traveling from the yard to the station.[21] | Libya (suspected) | Lead up to Libyan–Egyptian War |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 8 January 1977 | 7 | 37 | 1977 Moscow bombings: A series of bombings in Moscow, including on a crowded train between the Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations of the Moscow Metro. | Unknown | |
Glimmen, Netherlands | 23 May – 11 June 1977 | 8 | 6 | 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis: Nine terrorists hijacked a train and held hostages for twenty days. Two hostages and six hostage-takers were killed before the M-Squadron raided the train. | South Moluccan separatists | |
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 12 October 1978 | 1 | 0 | A bomb exploded on a train near Belfast Central station before it was fully evacuated, killing a woman.[22] | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
Madrid, Spain | 29 July 1979 | 7 | 100+ | July 1979 Madrid bombings: Coordinated bombings in Barajas Airport and Atocha and Chamartín train stations | ETA | Basque conflict |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 17 January 1980 | 3 | 5 | Dunmurry train explosion: A premature detonation of an incendiary bomb occurred on board a Ballymena to Belfast passenger train service. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
Romeas, Cambodia | 10 June 1980 | 150+ | 250 | Guerrillas stopped a passenger train 70 km (43 mi) northwest of Phnom Penh using an explosive, then opened fire. | Khmer Rouge | Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
Bologna, Italy | 2 August 1980 | 85 | 200+ | Bologna massacre: An IED exploded at Bologna Centrale railway station. The attack was believed to be connected to Operation Gladio. | Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari | Operation Gladio/Years of Lead |
Ambazac, France | 28 March 1982 | 5 | 28 | Capitole train bombing: Bombing of a Le Capitole train on the Paris-Toulouse express near Limoges. | Carlos the Jackal | |
Oslo, Norway | 2 July 1982 | 1 | 0 | Oslo Central Station bombing: Explosion of a homemade bomb in a locker of the station. | Unnamed 18-year-old man | |
Tain-l'Hermitage and Marseille, France | 31 December | 5 | 54 | TGV train and Marseille station bombings: Two bombs went off on a high speed TGV train and another at the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles. | Carlos the Jackal | |
San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy | 2 December 1984 | 16 | 200+ | Train 904 bombing: A bomb exploded in a train traveling between Florence and Rome. | Sicilian Mafia | Years of Lead |
Bunovo, Sofia Province, Bulgaria | 9 March 1985 | 7 | 9 | A bomb exploded on a train traveling from Burgas to Sofia.[23] | Pro-Turkish militants | |
Bheramara, Bangladesh | 15 May 1986 | 25 | 45 | A crowded express derailed near Bheramara due to sabotage, with several cars falling into a river.[24] | Sarbahara militants | |
Lima, Peru | 26 June 1986 | 7 | 38 | A bomb blast on a train killed seven, including an American.[25] | Shining Path | Internal conflict in Peru |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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London, United Kingdom | 18 February 1991 | 1 | 38 | Bombings of Paddington and Victoria stations: Attacks were carried out on two mainline stations. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
Ludhiana district, India | 15 June 1991 | 80-126 | 1991 Punjab killings: Sikh militants stopped two trains and massacred Hindu passengers on board. The incidents occurred five hours after polling closed for the 1991 Indian general election. | Sikh militants | Punjab insurgency | |
Ludhiana district, India | 26 December 1991 | 49 | 20 | Sikh militants massacred Hindu passengers aboard a train.[26] | Sikh militants | Punjab insurgency |
Quipungo, Angola | 27 May 1993 | 355 | A train derailed due to an attack by rebels. | UNITA | Angolan Civil War | |
near Asyut, Egypt | 19 February 1994 | 0 | 4 | Gunmen open fire on an Asyut-Luxor train from fields beside the railway track.[27] | Unknown | |
Baku, Azerbaijan | 19 March 1994 | 14 | 49 | 1994 Baku Metro bombings - A suicide bombing at 20 January station. The lead railroad car was destroyed and the station's roof partially collapsed. | Sadval | |
Baku, Azerbaijan | 3 July 1994 | 13 | 58 | 1994 Baku Metro bombings - A remote controlled-gelatine explosive exploded on a train between 28 May and Gənclik stations. | Sadval | |
Tokyo, Japan | 20 March 1995 | 13 | 6252 | Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway - Sarin Gas was released at 5 locations along the Tokyo Metro. | Aum Shinrikyo | |
Paris, France | 25 July 1995 | 8 | 80 | 1995 Paris Metro bombing - A gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). | Armed Islamic Group | Algerian Civil War |
Palo Verde, Arizona | 9 October 1995 | 1 | 78 | 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment - An Amtrak Sunset Limited derailed after rails were deliberately shifted out of position. | Unknown | |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | 24 July 1996 | 64 | 400+ | 1996 Dehiwala train bombing: Simultaneous detonation of suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
Paris, France | 3 December 1996 | 4 | 170 | 1996 Paris Métro bombing: Bomb exploded in a car of an RER train at Port Royal station.[28] | Armed Islamic Group | Algerian Civil War |
Western Assam, India | 30 December 1996 | 33 | Brahmaputra Mail train bombing: The Kokrajhar-Fakiragram Junction mail train was destroyed by a bomb. The rail line was frequently by military trains as well which may have been the bomb's intended target. | National Democratic Front of Bodoland (suspected) | Assam conflict |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Manila, Philippines | 30 December 2000 | 22 | 120 | Rizal Day bombings - Islamist militants bombed a train at the Blumentritt LRT Station as part of a series of bombings. | Jemaah Islamiyah (suspected) | Moro conflict |
Angola | 10 August 2001 | 252 | 165 | 2001 Angola train attack - Rebels derailed a train with an anti-tank mine between the towns of Zenza and Dondo and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire. | UNITA | Angolan Civil War |
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 13 May 2002 | 12 | 80 | Jaunpur train crash - An act of sabotage caused the derailment of a passenger train. | Student's Islamic Movement of India (suspected) | |
Rafiganj, Bihar India | 10 September 2002 | 130 | 500? | Rafiganj train disaster - Derailment of a train on a bridge over the Dhave River, which was reportedly due to sabotage. | Communist Party of India | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency |
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India | 21 December 2002 | 20 | 80 | Kurnool train crash: Deliberate derailment of a passenger train. | Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected) | Islamic terrorism |
Mumbai, India | 27 January 2003 | 1 | 28 | January 2003 Mumbai bombing: A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded outside the Vile Parle railway station, killing a woman and injuring dozens of people. | Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected) | Islamic terrorism |
Mumbai, India | 13 March 2003 | 10 | 70 | 2003 Mumbai train bombing: A bomb exploded on a train as it entered Mulund railway station. | Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected) | Islamic terrorism |
Stavropol Krai, Russia | 3 September 2003 | 7 | 80 | A blast ripped through a commuter train going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody.[29] | Riyadus-Salihiin | Second Chechen War |
Stavropol Krai, Russia | 5 December 2003 | 46 | 170 | 2003 Stavropol train bombing (December) - A suicide bomber caused a blast which ripped through a commuter train going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody as it was leaving Yessentuki. | Riyadus-Salihiin | Second Chechen War |
Moscow, Russia | 6 February 2004 | 41 | 120 | February 2004 Moscow metro bombing - A suicide bombing took place near Avtozavodskaya station. | Riyadus-Salihiin | Second Chechen War |
Madrid, Spain | 11 March 2004 | 192 | 2050 | 2004 Madrid train bombings - Ten near-simultaneous explosions between Alcalá de Henares and Madrid Atocha railway station during the morning rush hour. See Reactions to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. | Al-Qaeda | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
London, United Kingdom | 7 July 2005 | 56 | 700 | 7 July 2005 London bombings - Four explosions (3 on the London Underground and 1 on a bus) along the London transport network. | Al-Qaeda | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 28 July 2005 | 13 | 50 | 2005 Jaunpur train bombing - An explosion destroyed a carriage of an express train. | Unknown | |
Varanasi, India | 11 July 2006 | 28 | 101 | 2006 Varanasi bombings - Blast at the Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station following an explosion at the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple. | Lashkar-e-Taiba | Islamic terrorism |
Mumbai, India | 11 July 2006 | 209 | 714 | 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings - Seven explosions in eleven minutes rocked the Western Line on the Mumbai Suburban Railway. | Lashkar-e-Taiba | Islamic terrorism |
West Bengal, India | 20 November 2006 | 7 | 53 | 2006 West Bengal train disaster - A bomb exploded on a train near Belacoba station.[30] | Unknown | |
Panipat, Haryana, India | 18 February 2007 | 68 | 50 | 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings - Bombs were set off in two carriages, both filled with passengers, just after the train passed Diwana station. | Abhinav Bharat or Lashkar-e-Taiba | Terrorism |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | 3 February 2008 | 12 | 92 | Fort railway station bombing - Suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at Colombo's main railway station. | LTTE | Sri Lankan civil war |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 May 2008 | 8 | 72 | A packed commuter train carrying 200 passengers was blown up by a time bomb at Dehiwela railroad station.[31] | LTTE | Sri Lankan civil war |
Mumbai, India | 26 November 2008 | 58 | 104 | Part of 2008 Mumbai attacks: Three terrorists, including Ajmal Kasab, opened fire on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. This was the deadliest single incident of the attacks that killed 166 people in total. | Lashkar-e-Taiba | Islamic terrorism by Pakistani infiltrators |
Bologoye, Russia | 27 November 2009 | 27 | 95 | 2009 Nevsky Express bombing - A 7-kilogram (15 lb) explosive device derailed at least three of the 14 cars of the Nevsky Express on a journey from Moscow to St Petersburg while traveling at 200 kilometres per hour. A second bomb exploded during salvage operations.[32] | Caucasus Emirate | Insurgency in the North Caucasus |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Moscow, Russia | 29 March 2010 | 40 | 102 | 2010 Moscow Metro bombings - A double suicide bombing at Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations of the Moscow Metro. | Caucasus Emirate Al-Qaeda |
Insurgency in the North Caucasus |
West Midnapore, West Bengal, India | 28 May 2010 | 148 | 200+ | 2010 Gyaneshwari Express derailment - A sabotaged railway track caused a train to derail before an oncoming goods train. | Communist Party of India (Maoist) | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency |
Minsk, Belarus | 11 April 2011 | 15 | 204 | 2011 Minsk Metro bombing: A nail bomb exploded at Kastryčnickaja station. Two men were arrested and executed in 2012. | Dzimitry Kanavalau and Vlad Kavalyou | |
Kunming, China | 1 March 2014 | 31 | 143 | 2014 Kunming attack: A group of 8 knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station | Uyghur separatists | Xinjiang conflict |
Chennai, India | 1 May 2014 | 1 | 14 | 2014 Chennai train bombing: Two bombs exploded on a train entering Chennai Central railway station | Indian Mujahideen (suspected) | |
France | 21 August 2015 | 0 | 1 | 2015 Thalys train attack: A self-proclaimed jihadist opened fire inside a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris and was subdued by passengers after his weapon jammed. The train was diverted to Arras where the gunman was arrested.[33] | Ayoub El Khazzani | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
Istanbul, Turkey | 1 December 2015 | 0 | 5 | 2015 Istanbul metro bombing: A pipe bomb exploded near Bayrampaşa—Maltepe station. | Unknown | |
Brussels, Belgium | 22 March 2016 | 20 | 200 | Part of 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing at the Maalbeek station of the Brussels Metro about an hour after two other suicide bombers detonated at Zaventem airport | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
Würzburg, Germany | 18 July 2016 | 1 | 5 | 2016 Würzburg train attack: A 17-year-old Afghan refugee stabbed four people on a train before fleeing, stabbing another person outside before being shot dead by police. | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
Madhya Pradesh, India | 7 March 2017 | 0 | 10 | 2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing: First Islamic State attack in India.[34] | Islamic State | |
Saint Petersburg, Russia | 3 April 2017 | 15 | 64 | 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing: A briefcase bomb packed with shrapnel exploded on a Saint Petersburg Metro train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations.[35][36] | Unknown | Unknown |
London, United Kingdom | 15 September 2017 | 0 | 30 | Parsons Green train bombing: An explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station. | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
New York City , United States | 11 December 2017 | 0 | 3 | 2017 New York City Subway bombing | Akayed Ullah | Terrorism in the United States |
Utrecht, The Netherlands | 18 March 2019 | 4 | 6 | Utrecht tram shooting: Mass shooting on an Utrecht sneltram by a Turkish-born Islamic extremist | Gökmen Tanis | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
Yuen Long, Hong Kong | 21 July 2019 | 4 | 6 | 2019 Yuen Long attack: An armed mob dressed in white attacked passengers at Yuen Long Station of the MTR, most of whom were returning from protests against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill | Pro-Chinese Triad members (suspected) | 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests |
Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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Balochistan, Pakistan | 18 January 2022 | 0 | 5 | A Jaffar Express train was hit by a bomb and derailed, 5 were injured.[37] | Unknown | Insurgency in Balochistan |
Katari, Nigeria | 28 March 2022 | 8 | Unknown | Abuja–Kaduna train attack: A passenger train from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by bandits, who detonated a bomb under the train and opened fire.[38] 62 passengers were abducted, with the last of them being released on April 6 | Bandits | Nigerian bandit conflict/Boko Haram insurgency |
Dhaka, Bangladesh | 5 January 2024 | 4 | Unknown | A passenger train from Jessore to Dhaka caught fire in a suspected arson attack.[39] | Unknown | 2024 Bangladeshi general election |