On 28 October, five passenger train operating companies in England said no services would operate until it was safe to do so. The extraordinary announcement by Southern Railway, Greater Anglia, First...
Read More
Read More
One day after the new tunnel beneath the Bosphorus opened on 29 October, a power failure brought trains to a halt for several minutes. According to a transport ministry official, a number of people on...
Read More
Read More
Richard Branson's Virgin Rail company runs some of the fastest trains in Britain. Curvature on the London-to-Scotland West Coast route is addressed by using rolling stock called Pendolino, which tilts...
Read More
Read More
During the first week of October, the British Transport Police released video footage of a female cyclist who rode around a lowered level crossing barrier and was 'within seconds' of being hit by a...
Read More
Read More
A Ukraine couple who literally made love on the line won't be doing it again. She died under a train and he lost both legs. Police at Zaporitzia in the south-east of the country quoted the survivor...
Read More
Read More
An enquiry chaired by a judge is examining the derailment of a passenger express near Santiago de Compostela in Spain's north-western region of Galicia in July, killing 79 people. The driver of the...
Read More
Read More
On 28 August, a disabled wheelchair passenger fell off the platform at Southampton Central station onto the track, five minutes before a train was due. In a bizarre follow-up, a railway employee - one...
Read More
Read More
On 26 August, a commuter train ran at speed into a vehicle on a level crossing at Scherbinka, a suburb of Moscow. The driver of the car was not killed but was said to be in a coma. The authorities...
Read More
Read More
In the aftermath of the horrific derailment at Santiago de Compostelac in late July, in which 79 people lost their lives, a parliamentary committee is to undertake a 'full-scale review' of railway...
Read More
Read More
The First Great Western company in the UK apologised to passengers after a Penzance to London Paddington train with nearly 500 on board was stranded near Pewsey, Wiltshire for some six hours by a...
Read More
Read More