List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems

The following is a List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems:

1960s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
Vitry-le-François, France	June 18, 1961	28	100+	A Strasbourg-Paris train is derailed by a bomb on the track, planted by the Organisation de l'armée secrète. The fact that the derailment was deliberately caused was kept secret by the government for many years. See 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing.

1970s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy	August 4, 1974	12	40	A bomb explodes 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. Responsibility was claimed by the neo-fascist terrorist organization Ordine Nero. See Italicus Express bombing 1974. The defendants, Mario Tuti, Luciano Franci, Piero Malentacchi, and Margherita Luddi were all found not guilty of planting the bomb on the Italicus Rome-West Germany vacation express due to a lack of evidence. They were acquitted in 1983. After the acquittals, no group officially took responsibility for the attack.
Alexandria, Egypt	August 14, 1976	8	51	A bomb explodes 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. [1]
Moscow, Soviet Union	January 8, 1977	7	37	A series of bombings in Moscow. The first bomb went off on a crowded train between the Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations of the Moscow Metro. See 1977 Moscow bombings

1980s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
Dunmurry, United Kingdom	January 17, 1980	3	5	A premature detonation of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) incendiary bomb occurred on board a Ballymena to Belfast passenger train service. See Dunmurry train explosion.
Bunovo, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	March 9, 1985	7	9	A bomb planted by pro-Turkish terrorists in a train from Bourgas to Sofia killed 7 and wounded 9.[2]
Bologna, Italy	August 2, 1980	85	200+	An IED explodes at Bologna Central Station. The attack has been attributed to the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari and connected to the EU-investigated Operation Gladio. See August 1980 Bologna bombing.
Italy	December 23, 1984	16	200+	A bomb in a train between Florence and Rome killed 16 and wounded more than 200. See Years of lead (Italy); Train 904 bombing.

|June 26, 1986 A bomb Blast on Train Kills American, 6 Others in Peru. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-26/news/mn-21445_1_time-bomb

1990s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
near Asyut, Egypt	February 19, 1994	0	4	Gunmen open fire on an Asyut-Luxor train from fields beside the railway track. [3]
Baku, Azerbaijan	March 19, 1994	14	49	A suicide bombing takes place at 20 January station of Baku Metro. The lead railroad car was destroyed and the station's roof partially collapsed. See 1994 Baku Metro bombings.
Baku, Azerbaijan	July 3, 1994	13	58	A remote controlled-gelatine explosive explodes on a metro train between 28 May and Gənclik stations of the Baku Metro. See 1994 Baku Metro bombings.
Tokyo, Japan	March 20, 1995	13	6252	Sarin Gas was released at 5 locations causing mass injury and loss of life. See Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Paris, France	July 25, 1995	8	80	A gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). See 1995 Paris Metro bombing.
Palo Verde, Arizona	October 9, 1995	1	78	Amtrak Sunset Limited derails after rails are deliberately shifted out of position. The saboteurs were never identified. See 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment.
Paris, France	December 3, 1996	2	dozens	Bomb explodes in a car of an RER train at Port Royal station. [4]

2000s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
Manila, Philippines	December 30, 2000			Islamist militants bombed a train at the Blumentritt LRT Station as part of Rizal Day bombings. See Rizal Day bombings
Between the towns of Zenza and Dondo, Angola	August 10, 2001	252	165	UNITA forces derailed a train with an anti-tank mine and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire. See 2001 Angola train attack.
Jaunpur, India	May 13, 2002	12	80	An act of sabotage which caused the derailment of a passenger train at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, a state in Northern India. See Jaunpur train crash
Rafiganj, India	September 10, 2002	130	500?	The derailment of a train on a bridge over the Dhave River in North-Central India, which was reportedly due to sabotage by a local Maoist terrorist group, the Naxalites. See Rafiganj train disaster
Stavropol Krai, Russia	September 3, 2003	7	80	A blast which ripped through a commuter train in Stavropol Krai, Russia going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody.[5]
Stavropol Krai, Russia	December 5, 2003	46	170	A suicide bomber caused a blast which ripped through a commuter train in Stavropol Krai, Russia going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody as it was leaving Yessentuki. See 2003 Stavropol train bombing (December).
Moscow, Russia	February 6, 2004	41	120 (up to)	Suicide bomber detonates bomb near Avtozavodskaya station. See February 2004 Moscow metro bombing.
Madrid, Spain	March 11, 2004	191	2050	Ten near-simultaneous explosions occur between Alcalá de Henares and Madrid Atocha railway station during the morning rush hour. See 2004 Madrid train bombings and Reactions to the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
London, United Kingdom	July 7, 2005	56	700	Four explosions (3 on the London Underground and 1 on a bus) rock the transport network in London. See 7 July 2005 London bombings.
Jaunpur, India	July 28, 2005	13	50	An explosion destroyed a carriage of an express train near the town of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. See 2005 Jaunpur train bombing
Mumbai, India	July 11, 2006	209	714	Seven explosions in eleven minutes rock the Western Line on the Mumbai Suburban Railway. See 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings.
Panipat, India	February 18, 2007	68	50	Bombs were set off in two carriages, both filled with passengers, just after the train passed Diwana station near the Indian city of Panipat. See 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings
Colombo, Sri Lanka	May 26, 2008	8	72	A packed commuter train carrying 200 passenger onboard which time bombing exploded at Dehiwela railroad station, carried out by the LTTE.[6]

2010s

Location	Date	Dead	Injured	Details
Moscow, Russia	March 29, 2010	40	102	A double suicide bombing at Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations of the Moscow Metro.
West Midnapore, West Bengal, India	May 28, 2010	145	200+	In the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India, a sabotaged railway track caused a train to derail before an oncoming goods train hit the loose bogies killing at least 65 passengers.
Dagestan, Russia	July 23, 2010	0	0	An explosive device detonated on the Inchkhe-Izbirbash railway section in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. It is known that two meters of the track was damaged however no casualties were reportedly sustained in this bomb explosion. The Baku-Kharkov passenger train was later delayed due to this particular bombing.[7]
Dagestan, Russia	August 15, 2010	0	0	An eight-car freight train was targeted by a bomb explosion, which exploded on the railway track. The train did not derail however and no casualties were reported at the scene of this bombing.[8]

Failed attacks

• Najibullah Zazi was arrested before attempting to bomb stations of the New York City Subway in 2009.
• Farooque Ahmed plotted to bomb Washington Metro stations in 2010.

References

2. "30 years since the largest railway assault in Bulgaria". Bulgarian National Radio. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
3. 2 Foreigners Shot in Egypt - New York Times. Nytimes.com (1994-02-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
4. French officials say bomb caused deadly train blast- Dec. 3, 1996. CNN. Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
5. Чистосердечное признание пересмотру не подлежит / События / Независимая газета. Ng.ru (2004-09-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
6. "Bomb rocks busy Sri Lankan train". BBC. 2008-05-26.
8. Blast hits rail in Dagestan, no victims | Russia | RIA Novosti. En.rian.ru (2010-08-15). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.