One of the most scenic sections of main-line railway in England, that to Cornwall which runs along the 'sea wall' at Dawlish in Devon, has been closed to all traffic for at least six weeks following...
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A huge rock, described as being 'the size of a car', fell onto and derailed a two-coach diesel passenger train in the French Maritime Alps northwest of Nice on 8 February. Two of the 34 mostly...
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According to a BBC report, workers filling cracks with wet concrete at Victoria station on the London underground 'rushed to buy sugar', to slow down the setting action. This was when 'about three...
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The BBC reported an unusual incident early in January when the pantograph of an electric train on the Thameslink line, bound for Sevenoaks, lost contact with the overhead wires and hit the tunnel roof...
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On 30 December, a suicide bomber identified (after her head was recovered) as Oksana Aslanova detonated a device at Volgograd station in Russia, killing 15 people and injuring about 34, eight...
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There have been several incidents in various countries of commuter trains failing to stop before hitting the buffers in a terminal station. The latest was at Chester, UK on 20 November. As the case of...
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Though no derailment resulted, metal chairs placed on a British Rail line near the town of Leigh on 22 November caused so much damage to a multiple-unit diesel trainset that it was immobilised and had...
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In July 2013, a Spanish passenger train derailed at speed, killing 79 people. Altogether 22 railway officials were to be charged with part responsibility but these intentions have been withdrawn. Only...
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In June 2009, a freight train carrying liquid gas derailed and exploded as it passed through the station at the Tuscan town of Viareggio. More than 1,000 people were evacuated and the accident scene...
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On 1 November, a tram turning left in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, collided with another coming in the opposite direction on the straight track. The impact was severe, injuring 45 people....
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