On 12 April, a landslide apparently caused by a burst irrigation pipe derailed a train near Bolzano in northern Italy.
'At least' six people lost their lives, according to the Reuters account quoting...
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On 1 June 2009, at approximately 14:20, diesel single-unit class 153 railcar forming train 2C31, the 13:05 from Whitehaven to Carlisle, was travelling on the Maryport and Carlisle section of the...
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Legislators work constantly with rail companies and engineers to help limit rail accidents, structural damage to rolling stock and - most importantly - loss of life. Causes include human error, lack...
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According to an Associated Press report, 'female suicide bombers' were responsible for massive blasts at two central Moscow underground stations on 29 March. The bloodbath left 'at least' 38 people...
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According to a BBC report, 16 wagons broke loose from a Norwegian freight train and ran away towards the port in Oslo. Derailing at speed, they smashed into a building, demolishing the structure and...
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A recent study evaluating the prospects of an Arctic railway from Rovaniemi in northern Finland to the north Norwegian coastal town of Kirkenes shows large potential, the Barents Observer reports. The...
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On the evening of 9 July 1864, Thomas Briggs, chief clerk at a London bank in Lombard Street,, boarded a train at Fenchurch Street station - and was the first person to be murdered on a train in...
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Following the breakdown of a Eurostar train in south-east England, the several hundred passengers aboard had to wait more than an hour before a replacement train arrived to take them to St Pancras...
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Harsh weather has caused widespread rail disruption across Sweden. Urban metro services were badly affected in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius, and all train operations between Stockholm...
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The 15 February head-on collision near Brussels was the worst rail accident in Belgium since 1954. Altogether 18 people were confirmed dead, 55 badly hurt and 89 with minor injuries. Light snow was...
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