On 9 May, a passenger train from the Turkish Mediterranean port city of Mersin ran into an empty passenger train at a station in the city of Adana, causing slight injuries to nine passengers and two...
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According to an Indian Express report, at least 27 passengers were injured, three seriously, when eight coaches of the Ferozepur-Mumbai Punjab Mail derailed between Sampla-Kharawar station near Rohtak...
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On 24 April 2012, three people died when a bomb blast ripped through the business express lounge at Lahore station in Punjab province, in the east of Pakistan. About 20 were injured. Railways minister...
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Following the widespread disruption to the 200km Mumbai suburban network caused by a fire in the signal box at Kurla station on 18 April, when 'the entire automatic signalling system collapsed',...
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Fire gutted the main signal cabin at Mumbai's key Kurla station shortly after midnight on Wednesday 18 April, causing massive disruption. The entire automatic signalling system failed, necessitating...
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According to a report by the Asian Development Bank, TSO-AS & Nawarath, a French-Thai joint venture, was found to have 'grossly violated health and safety requirements at workers' camps along both the...
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India's Anil Kakodkar committee which is reviewing railway safety has found that human excrement has corroded a 'significant percentage' of the country's rails 'Every time a passenger uses the toilet...
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On 20 March 2012, 15 people were killed when an express train from Mathura to Kasganj ran into a vehicle carrying 17 on a level crossing near Madu station in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. A...
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On 20 February, according to the Jakarta Globe, two coal trains- one from Prabumulih with 44 empty wagons, the other from Kertapati hauling 20 loaded coal wagons, collided in the Muaraenim district of...
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The collapse of an elevated concrete beam across rail tracks in the Bangkok suburb Bang Khen on 1 March was caused by metal scaffold theft. Announcing this to newsmen, the State Railways of Thailand...
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