Archive · 27 Nov 2025
China's Deadliest Rail Tragedy in a Decade
A test train in China hit a group of maintenance workers early on Thursday.
This happened in the city of Kunming.
Eleven workers were killed, and two were hurt.
The train was testing special equipment for earthquakes.
The accident is being investigated.
This is the worst train accident in China in over ten years.
The train station is open again.
China has a big train system, and bad accidents are rare now.
But there have been some serious accidents in the past few years.
The last big one was in 2011, where a fast train crashed into another train and killed 40 people.
A test train hit 11 maintenance workers, killing them and injuring 2 others in Kunming, China.
The accident occurred at Luoyangzhen station, making it China's deadliest rail tragedy in over a decade.
The train was conducting tests with seismic equipment when it struck the workers on a curved track section.
Emergency response protocols were immediately triggered, and rescue efforts are ongoing.
China has experienced several serious rail accidents in recent years, with the most recent major incident in 2011.
- Who
- Maintenance workers and railway authorities
- What
- Test train hit maintenance workers on the track
- When
- Early Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Where
- Luoyangzhen station, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
- Why
- The cause is under investigation
- Location
- Luoyangzhen station, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
- Date
- Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Fatalities
- 11
- Injuries
- 2
- Train Type
- Test train with seismic equipment
- Accident Type
- Train struck maintenance workers on the track
- Last Major Incident
- 2011, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province (40 fatalities)