List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems
Location Date Dead Injured Details Perpetrators Part of
Dunmurry , United Kingdom January 17 , 1980 3 5 Dunmurry train explosion : A premature detonation of a Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) incendiary bomb occurred on board a Ballymena to Belfast passenger train service Provisional IRA The Troubles
Bologna , Italy August 2 , 1980 85 200+ August 1980 Bologna bombing : An IED explodes at Bologna Central Station . The attack has been attributed to the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari and connected to the EU-investigated Operation Gladio Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari Operation Gladio
Italy December 23 , 1984 16 200+ Train 904 bombing : A bomb in a train between Florence and Rome killed 16 and wounded more than 200 Sicilian Mafia Years of Lead
Bunovo , Sofia Province , Bulgaria March 9 , 1985 7 9 A bomb planted by pro-Turkish terrorists in a train from Bourgas to Sofia killed 7 and wounded 9 Pro-Turkish militants
Lima , Peru June 26 , 1986 7 38 A bomb blast on a train killed an American and 6 others in Peru . Peruvian government blames Communist insurgents for the bombing Shining Path Internal conflict in Peru
1980s
The following is a List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems: