On 22 November, a packed subway train ran into the rear of another standing in the tunnel at Busan, South Korea, during the morning peak hour. The second set had been sent to rescue passengers...
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A fuel train from Mandalay derailed near Chet-gyi station in north-west Burma, close to the border with India, on 9 November, resulting in the death of 25 people and injuries to 62. Press reports said...
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On 24 August the Xinhua news agency reported that two passenger trains had collided at the Jiamusi station in Heilongjiang province, in the north-east of the country, injuring at least 24 people....
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At the end of July, a coach on India's overnight Tamil Nadu Express from Delhi to Chennai caught fire at Nellore, about 500km south of Hyderabad. At least 32 people were reported dead. An electrical...
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At the end of July, a coach on India's overnight Tamil Nadu Express from Delhi to Chennai caught fire at Nellore, about 500km south of Hyderabad. At least 32 people were reported dead. An electrical...
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Thousands of rail commuters were stranded at the end of July by huge power disruptions in the north and east of India. The capital Delhi was among the states worst affected by two days of successive...
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According to press reports from India, a landslide near Kasara in the Thane district caused a local train to run off the track. The Vidarbha Express, bound for Mumbai, ran into the derailment. Two...
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New Delhi's 'Airport Express', the railway from the Indira Gandhi International Airport into the city, was to be closed 'indefinitely' on 8 July, on account of cracks in the structure as well as...
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On 31 May it was reported that four people had died and about 100 were injured, some seriously, when five coaches of the Doon Express to Dehradun derailed near Mahrawa in the Jaunpur district of Uttar...
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Early on Tuesday 22 May, the Hampi Express to Bangalore ran into a stationary goods train at Penneconda station in India's Andhra Pradesh state. Four coaches were derailed and one caught fire. At...
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