What the records say
- When
- 26 Dec 2004
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 6.17° N, 80.09° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 1700
- Cause
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
Deadliest rail disaster
On 26 December 2004, a crowded passenger train was destroyed on a coastal railway in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, by the tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It is considered the largest rail disaster in history, with an estimated 900 to 1,700 deaths.
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