EIGHT DIE IN THAILAND DERAILMENT

On 5 October, 'at least' eight people were reported killed when an overnight train to Bangkok from Thailand's southern Trang province derailed 13km south of Hua Hin. Officials said 'nearly 90'...

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DARJEELING-HIMALAYA PROBLEMS

  UK-based GW Travels, which has chartered trains on the famous narrow-gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) eight times since 2005, is planning to switch to road for its four trips in 2011. There...

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DELHI BRIDGE COLLAPSE KILLS SIX

On 12 July, a section of a bridge structure on the new Delhi metro collapsed, killing six people. Gammon India, the country's largest civil engineering company, faces a possible two-year ban from key...

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LANDSLIDE CAUSES FATAL DERAILMENT

Four people died and at least 50 were injured when a passenger train derailed at Liucheng, Liuzhou county, in China's autonomous south-west Guangxi Zhuang region. Initial investigations suggested that...

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BRIDGE COLLAPSE KILLS SIX

Six people died and at least 15 were injured when a bridge collapsed in New Delhi. The structure forms part of the city's metro rail system. 'Five sections of trackbed were in place on the elevated...

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FAULTY MANUFACTURE CAUSED CRASH

The cause of a train crash in China's Hunan Province that left three people dead and 63 others injured has been attributed to the negligence of a worker at Nanjing Puzhen Vehicles Corporation, which...

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WEST JAPAN PRESIDENT RESIGNS FOLLOWING CRASH

After indictment by prosecutors following a train derailment that killed more than 100 people in 2005, West Japan Railway Company President Masao Yamazaki says he will resign, but will remain on the...

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BRAKES CAUSED CHINA CRASH

One of the two trains involved in a collision on 29 June at Chenzhou, in China's Hunan province, killing three people and injured 63, suffered brake failure. According to deputy general manager of the...

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CHINESE COLLISION KILLS 70

At least 70 people died on 29 June and some 400 were injured, many seriously, when coaches of a train from Beijing to the summer resort of Qingdao derailed and were hit by another express going from...

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CHINESE COLLISON KILLS 3

Brake problems have been blamed for a derailment in southern China on 29 June when a train travelling to the city of Shenzhen. From the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha left the rails and collided...

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