The derailment of a freight train at Wymondham on 20 October disrupted passenger services provided by Abellio Greater Anglia between Norwich, Cambridge and Peterborough Trains were terminated at...
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Nobody was injured when a passenger train derailed during the morning peak-hour at a crossing outside Sala station, approximately 100km north-west of Stockholm. The crossing barrier was dislodged,...
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Several wagons came off the line when a Montreal freight train derailed on 29 October. The wagons collided with a building which was evacuated. No injuries were reported in the accident. ...
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Main Street in Durand, Missouri, was closed following the derailing of 14 vehicles in a 135-wagon Canadian National Freight train on 30 October. No injuries were reported. Headed west from Port Huron...
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The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report on an incident involving electrical arcing and fire under a train on 30 January 2015. The 19 passengers escaped by jumping down...
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Arsonists brazenly set fire to three trains inside Cape Town’s main station on 20 October. At approximately 02:00, two trains standing side by side at platforms 9 and 10 were set alight. Four motor...
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On 22 October, a Metrorail train ran into trouble at Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg on the line to Vereeniging. According to a resident who lives near the line, there were explosions aboard after...
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Cable theft near Beaufort West caused major delays to two Shosholoza Meyl intercity trains on 22 October. Both were en route to Cape Town, one from Johannesburg, the other from Queenstown. Altogether...
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At about 02:00 on 20 October 2015, Metrorail suburban trainsets parked at platforms 9 and 10 in Cape Town’s main station caught fire. Four motor coaches and six plain trailers were totally burned out....
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The following report by the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is reproduced here because of its instructive nature, eg it illustrates the dangers associated with overriding safety measures....
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