2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
Rail disaster
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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that... Wikipedia
Date: December 26, 2004
Location: Sri Lanka
Deaths: Exact figures unknown, at least 900, most likely 1,700+
Injured: 100+
Line: Coastal line
Trains: 1 Train (No. 50)