BROOMS & CONCRETE BALLS FAIL: NOW IRON BARS

After concrete balls and brooms failed to deter fare-dodging commuters from riding on the roofs of trains, state railway company Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is to try iron bars. Fibre-glass bars...

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BRAHMAPUTRA MAIL IN FATAL COLLISION

Five people died at Karanpurato station in Jharkhand, India, when the Brahmaputra Mail bound for New Delhi collided with a freight train that reportedly 'rolled backwards'. According to The Times of...

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WEST BENGAL COLLISION

According to an India Today report, one person died and six were hurt when one passenger train ran into another at Fulia station in the Nadia district of West Bengal. Three coaches in the one train...

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NOT TO BLAME FOR JAPANESE CRASH

The driver and 106 passengers died in 2005 in Japan's worst rail accident in 40 years when a commuter train derailed on a bend in the city of Amagasaki (near Kobe) during the morning peak hour and...

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CHINA CRASH FINDINGS CONFIRMED

The official report into the collision between two high-speed trains near China's Wenzhou on 23 July 2011 - in which 40 people died - appeared on the website of China's state administration of work...

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BIG SINGAPORE BREAKDOWN

The popular view that rail breakdowns are calamities mainly confined to South Africa is regularly dispelled in this column. Never more so than in December, when thousands were trapped underground in...

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SEVEN DIE IN INDIAN TRAIN FIRE

Nobody knows yet what caused a fire that engulfed two coaches of a train from Kolkata to Dehradun in east India. Seven passengers were confirmed dead. The driver was able to detach the burning coaches...

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MALAYSIAN MONORAIL STRANDS TOURISTS

The Malucca River monorail in Malaysia has experienced 21 service disruptions since it started operations on 10 October 2010. The line runs 1.6km from Taman Rempah in Pengkalan Rama to Kampung Bunga...

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MALAYSIAN MONORAIL SUSPENDED

The Sungai Melaka tourist monorail connecting Taman Rempah to Hang in Malaysia - found 'lacking in safety compliance' - has been suspended for 30 days. Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) chief...

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FLOODS IN THAILAND

On 6 November, floodwaters continued to spread in Bangkok, though the subway and skytrain stations in the affected area still managed to function normally. According to the Thailand Mass Rapid...

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