Nearly 300 people were evacuated from their homes after a 13-wagon train carrying 'highly toxic' chemicals from Holland derailed near Ghent, with one fatality and 17 people hurt. It is understood that...
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On 27 April, a locomotive hauling a TPO (travelling post office) van derailed on trap points as it attempted to enter the main-line from a siding. The incident took place on the Great Central Railway...
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Railway signalman Adrian Maund, 43, appeared recently in the Birmingham Crown Court, following a most unfortunate January 2010 incident at the Moreton-on-Lugg (Herefordshire) level crossing. Maund...
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On 13 March, a Swiss regional train ran into a stationary empty set at Geneva Airport station, causing slight damage. It wasn't serious and nobody was hurt but it followed a number of other accidents...
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Early in March, the driver of a train from London's Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire saw muddy water pouring into the tunnel near Old Street station, a section used by two million city...
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At 13:45 on 7 February, 29 people were reported injured when a train entering the main station at East London was incorrectly routed onto a platform line already occupied by a train with passengers...
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A strike by railway workers delayed nearly 400 scheduled trains, according to Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP - Polish State Railways). Important junctions and key stations were reportedly blocked,...
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Train operations were being authorised manually at Vienna on 21 January while technicians were working on the points. During this time ' the morning rush hour - two opposing trains, both consisting of...
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Train services in and out of Victoria, a major London terminus, were disrupted on 17 January when fire broke out on an incoming Gatwick Express set. For a brief period the entire station was...
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It was reported on 10 January that 17 people were hurt when a locomotive derailed, causing two passenger trains to collide near Neuhausen in Northern Switzerland. Rail accidents in Switzerland are...
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