# List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems

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

## Before 1960

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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. | 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. | | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Armed Muslims | Partition of India |
| Haifa, Mandatory Palestine | 29 September 1947 | 0 | 1 | A British troop train was bombed. | 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 possibly deliberately crashed into the Mitaka Station. The government blamed the Japanese Communist Party, as the incident happened in Red Purge era. The defendants who were the members of Japanese Communist Party were aqquitted,the only person convicted was not a member of a party and his guilt remains in doubt. Cause of the derailment remains unknown. | 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 |

## 1960s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | | |
| 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). | 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). | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland |

## 1970s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | | |
| 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. | Libya (suspected) | Lead up to Egyptian–Libyan 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. | 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 |

## 1980s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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 1983 | 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. | 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. | Sarbahara militants | |
| Lima, Peru | 26 June 1986 | 7 | 38 | A bomb blast on a train killed seven, including an American. | Shining Path | Internal conflict in Peru |

## 1990s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 |

## 2000s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Caucasus Emirate | Insurgency in the North Caucasus |

## 2010s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 0 | 45 | 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 |

## 2020s

| Location | Date | Dead | Injured | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
| Balochistan, Pakistan | 18 January 2022 | 0 | 5 | A Jaffar Express train was hit by a bomb and derailed. | Unknown | Insurgency in Balochistan |
| Katari, Nigeria | 28 March 2022 | 10 | 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. 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. | Unknown | 2024 Bangladeshi general election |
| Jaffa, Israel | 1 October 2024 | 9 (including 2 perpetrators) | 17 | 2024 Jaffa shooting: Two men opened fire inside a rail carriage and a platform at Gush Dan Light Rail's Erlich Station before being fatally shot. | Hamas | Israel-Hamas war |
| Quetta, Pakistan | 9 November 2024 | 32 (including the perpetrator) | 55 | 2024 Quetta railway station bombing: A suicide bomber detonated at a platform inside Quetta railway station. | Balochistan Liberation Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |
| Kachhi District, Pakistan | 11 March 2025 | 59 (including 33 perpetrators) | 37 | 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking: Militants blew up railway tracks and hijacked the Jaffar Express train bound from Quetta to Peshawar, taking more than 400 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians. | Balochistan Liberation Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |

## 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.