CHRONOLOGY: Major Asian rail accidents

(Reuters) - A Pakistani express train packed with holiday travelers derailed on Wednesday killing 58 people and injuring more than 120, officials said.

Here is a list of major rail accidents in Asia in recent years.

January 3, 1990 - A packed passenger express crashes into a freight train in southern Pakistan, killing 307.

August 20, 1995 - At least 350 people are killed in India when two trains collide 200 km (125 miles) from Delhi.

October 28, 1995 - About 300 people are killed when an underground train catches fire in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.

August 2, 1999 - At least 285 are killed in India when two trains collide north of Calcutta.

February 18, 2004 - Almost 300 people are killed and 450 are injured when 51 train wagons filled with petrol, fertilizer and sulphur products derail and explode near Nishapur, Iran.

April 25, 2005 - A commuter train derails and slams into an apartment block near the Japanese city of Osaka, killing 107.

July 13, 2005 - 128 people are killed and 170 injured in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh when a passenger train crashes into another and a third ploughs into the wreckage.

Dec 19, 2007 - A Pakistani express train packed with holiday travelers derails on its way from Lahore, killing 58 people and injuring more than 120.

Source; Reuters;

(Writing by Nagesh Narayana; Editing by Alex Richardson)