The most deadly European train crashes of the past 25 years
Here is a list of some of the most deadly train crashes and rail accidents in Europe in the past 25 years.
December 1988: UK
Thirty-five people die in a crash involving three trains at Clapham Junction in London. Slack safety measures are blamed.
June 1998: Germany
A high-speed train derails and crashes into a concrete bridge near the town of Eschede, killing 101 people and injuring more than 80.
October 1999: UK
Two trains collide near London's Paddington station, killing 31 people. One of the trains had gone through a red signal.
November 2000: Austria
A fire in a tunnel engulfs a funicular train packed with skiers, killing 155 people.
May 2003: Hungary
Thirty-four people are killed when the Budapest-Nagykanizsa train hits a coach full of mainly elderly German holidaymakers at a level crossing near Siofok.
June 2003: Spain
A passenger train travelling to Cartagena from Madrid crashes into the path of an oncoming goods train at Chinchilla, killing 19.
January 2005: Italy
Seventeen people are killed when a passenger train and a freight train crash north of Bologna.
January 2006: Montenegro
Up to 46 people are killed and 198 injured when a packed train derails and plunges into a ravine outside the capital Podgorica.
July 2006: Spain
Forty-one people are killed when an underground train derails and overturns in a tunnel just before entering the Jesus metro station in Valencia.
September 2006: Germany
The Transrapid magnetic levitation train, which floats on a magnetic cushion, hits a maintenance vehicle on a test track in the Emsland area, killing 23 people.
June 2009: Italy
An explosion on a passing freight train sets fire to nearby homes and burns families while they sleep in the seaside town of Viareggio, killing around 22 people.
February 2010: Belgium
Two trains crash head-on in snowy conditions at the village of Buizingen, near Halle, southwest of Brussels, killing 18 people.
March 2012: Poland
Two passenger trains derail in a head-on collision near Szczekociny. Sixteen people die and 58 are injured.
July 2013: France
Six people die when a train goes off the rails at Bretigny-sur-Orge, about 25 kilometres south of Paris.