List of rail accidents from 2000 to the present.
The list includes some terrorist bombings.
For accidents before 1950, see List of pre-1950 rail accidents. For accidents between 1950 and 1999 (inclusive), see List of 1950-1999 rail accidents.

2000s

2000

January 4, 2000 – Åsta accident, Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two diesel passenger trains collide on the Rørosbanen killing 19. The fire after the collision lasted nearly 6 hours.
February 6, 2000 – Brühl, Germany: An express night train from Amsterdam, Holland to Basel, Switzerland passes a construction area at excess speed and derails at Brühl station on the main line between Köln and Bonn, crashing into a nearby house. 9 die.
March 2, 2000 – Kølkær, Denmark: Two regional trains collide head-on after one passes a red signal. 3 die and 39 are injured.
March 8, 2000 – Tokyo train disaster, Japan: A Tokyo subway train derails and is hit by another train on the next track; 4 die and 33 are injured.
April 5, 2000 – Lillestrøm in Skedsmo, Norway: A freight train's brakes fail between Strømmen and Lillestrøm; it collides with a stationary freight train at Lillestrøm station. Two gas wagons loaded with propane catch fire and 2000 people are evacuated in fear of a BLEVE, but there are no casualties.
August 15, 2000 - 13 die near Kisumu, Kenya's fourth-largest city, after a passenger train rolls back because of brake failure.
August 19, 2000 - at least 25 burn to death after a goods train carrying gas rolls back and hits stationary wagons, exploding in the process.
October 17, 2000 – Hatfield rail crash, England, United Kingdom: As the London-Leeds express passes at 115 mph (185 km/h), a faulty rail shatters into 300 pieces because of a condition known as rolling contact fatigue. Four are killed, and 102 are injured. This rail failure forces the biggest and most expensive re-railing exercise in British history, with huge service disruption for many months. Operator Railtrack is found guilty in one of the longest rail-related trials in UK legal history, but manslaughter charges against company managers are not sustained.
June 6, 2000 - A bomb explodes on a train in Bathinda, killing 2 and injuring 1.
June 28, 2000 - 13 children die after a goods train they were riding on derails in Padang. The Indonesian government cracks down on passengers clinging onto the sides of freight trains as a means of free travel. (Source- BBC)
November 11, 2000 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular train catches fire in a tunnel due to an unsafely installed heater. 155 die.
December 2, 2000 – Sarai Banjara rail disaster, a crowded commuter train crashes into a derailed freight train in the Punjab. More than 45 die.
December 30, 2000 - Rizal Day bombings, Philippines: A bomb explodes on a Manila Light Rail Transit System train in a terrorist attack near Blumentritt station. 22 die and hundreds were injured. 2001

January 12, 2001 – Nvoungouti, Congo: Over 30 die when two trains collide because of a brake failure at Nvoungouti. 2002

January 18, 2002 – Minot, North Dakota, United States: A Canadian Pacific Railway train derails at 01:40 CST near a residential area west of Minot; the derailment results in a massive anhydrous ammonia leak. Seven of 15 tank cars rupture, releasing more than 750,000 liters (200,000 US gallons) of anhydrous ammonia which vaporizes in the sub-zero air, forming a toxic cloud that drifts over much of Minot. One man dies and numerous others are treated for chemical exposure.
September 27, 2002 – Jamaica, NY: Three cars of a JFK Airtrain test train derail near Federal Circle. The train's lone occupant, a train operator testing the automated equipment, is crushed to death by the cement blocks inside the first car. The cement blocks were used to evenly distribute the weight inside the car, simulating the weight of customers when in passenger service. When the train derailed, the cement blocks collapsed onto the operator.
December 21, 2002 – Kurnool train crash, 20 die when a passenger train derails in Andhra Pradesh, the result of sabotage. 2003

January 3, 2003 – Ghatnandur train crash, 18 people die in the collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra
October 14 – at Yingge ,Taipei County ,Taiwan, a bus carrying students on a field trip collides with a south-bound train, killing 4 and injuring 42. 2004

February 18, 2004 – Nishapur train disaster, Iran: A train derails and catches fire, exploding hours later. About 300 die.
March 11, 2004 – 2004 Madrid train bombings: 191 die when bombs are detonated on four commuter trains in Madrid.
December 26, 2004 – Queen of the Sea train disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka: Approximately 1700 die in the world's worst rail disaster as a train is overwhelmed by a tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. 2006

January 23, 2006 – Bioče train disaster: A passenger train crashes into a ravine near Podgorica, killing 46 and injuring 198. 2007

Jul - Dec

July 16-17, 2007 – Two Amtrak Silver Star trains on the Tampa to Miami route crash into automobiles and derail in two separate instances, one in Lakeland and one in Plant City. Four people were killed in the first wreck; one was killed in the second accident. The casualties were in the cars that collided with the trains; nobody on either train was seriously injured.