crash killed 50 people in the Zimbabwean town of Dete in the Western part of the country about from Victoria Falls. February 18 – An arsonist caused the Daegu subway fire when he set fire to a train stopped at the Joongang-ro (or Jungang-ro) station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea. March 13 – 2003 Mumbai train bombing: A bomb in a ladies' compartment exploded as a train pulled into Mulund station, killing 10 people. May 15 – The Ladhowal rail disaster was a flash fire on the Frontier Mail train service in India, which engulfed three carriages. 39 people lost their lives. June 23 – The Vaibhavwadi train crash killed 53 people near the village of Vaibhavwadi in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra in India. July 2 – The Warangal train crash killed 22 people in the town of Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, in India. October 7 – The Cahir viaduct on the Limerick–Rosslare railway line partly collapsed under a cement train travelling to Waterford. No one was hurt but the line remained closed until the following September for repairs to the bridge. December 5 – 2003 Stavropol train bombing: A suicide bomb blast on a Kislovodsk–Mineralnye Vody commuter train in Stavropol Krai as it was leaving Yessentuki killed at least 46 people and injured more than 170. Deaths June deaths June 10 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (born 1922). Industry awards Japan Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club 2003 Blue Ribbon Award: Kintetsu 21020 series Urban Liner Next EMU 2003 Laurel Prize: Okayama Electric Tramway 9200 series "Momo" tramcar Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau 1000 series "U-tram" tramcar North America 2003 E. H. Harriman Awards Awards presented by Railway Age magazine 2003 Railroader of the Year: Richard K. Davidson (UP) 2003 Regional Railroad of the Year: Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 2003 Short Line Railroad of the Year: San Joaquin Valley Railroad United Kingdom Train Operator of the Year 2003: Anglia Railways References Many of the events listed here were translated from 2003 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.