evidence: As described by a 2004 report in The Guardian, the train, named Samudradevi ("Queen of the Sea"), was overcrowded with passengers as it headed toward the southern city of Galle, as many were traveling for the holiday weekend. Although the ocean was 200 meters away, the tsunami slammed into the side of the train without warning, derailing it and immediately filling the passenger cars with water. In an interview with Reuters, one survivor who climbed out a window said that most stayed inside the cars because they weren't sure what was happening. Those who remained in the cars had little chance of survival as water deeper than 20 feet engulfed the cars. Others outside of the train were smashed by the train itself or other debris. With as many as 1,700 dead, it indisputably became the deadliest railway incident in history.