On 13 September, 10 people died and more than 70 were injured near Arakkonam in the Vellore district, southern India, when a suburban train from Chennai (Madras) Beach to Vellore ran into a...
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On Monday 12 September, commuter train services from Hampshire into London Waterloo were delayed after theft of cable near Guildford, Surrey. Three separate incidents of cable theft in the previous...
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A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Sikkim and several areas in the eastern part of India and neighbouring Nepal, leaving at least 18 dead and over 100 injured besides causing...
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On 15 September, the derailment of a locomotive near Elburn, a Chicago suburban station, resulted in commuter trains having to turn short at LaFox. Buses were brought in to take passengers from there...
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Volunteers in the tea room at Pontypool and Blaenavon Heritage Railway are not deterred after two break-ins.
The Ivor the Engine weekend was spoiled when thieves broke into the railway's tearoom on...
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The California Zephyr had been temporarily out of commission, but partial service resumed during the first weekend in September. Eastbound Train 6 left Emeryville, California for Denver on 3...
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At about 21:00 on 3 September, an Amtrak train en route from Chicago to Pontiac with 29 passengers on board hit a shipping container lying on the line in Ferndale. Amtrak spokeswoman Danelle Hunter...
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In the first week of September, Amtrak passenger services in the south of the United States were disrupted by flooding caused by Tropical storm Lee. Trains were restored gradually, beginning with the...
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On 26 August, Amtrak's San Francisco-Chicago California Zephyr derailed in rural Nebraska. The leading locomotive fell onto its side. According to the press 'Fortunately, there were no reports of...
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Reported by Eyewitness News' Mandy Wiener:
'Gautrain officials on Tuesday [30 August] confirmed that a technical problem was reported on one of its trains on the line between Pretoria and...
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