CHINESE HIGH-SPEED COLLISION

On 23 July, the world's first fatal train accident on a dedicated high-speed line (and high-speed lines go back 46 years) occurred in China. Early reports spoke of 43 passengers dead and more than 200...

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MANILA LRT MISHAPS

Manila: A congressman in the Philippines is asking the parliamentary transport committee to look into the frequent breakdowns plaguing Metro Manila's elevated light railway system, saying a probe is...

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DERAILMENT IN SYRIA

A recent derailment in Syria, where all international trains are currently withdrawn due to political unrest, is attributed to by a correspondent to one of two possible causes: One, members of the...

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GERMAN RAIL SUED OVER SUICIDES ON THE LINE

Nearly 900 people took their own lives along rail lines in Germany during 2009. Currently, the wife of a train driver is suing the parents of a 20-year-old man who died after being hit by a train in...

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MASSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKE KNOCKS OUT LRT

On 22 July, a 'massive' lightning strike hit the light rail signalling system at Hopkins Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. As a result of the damage, signals and points had to resort to manual control. The...

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YOUNGSTER FATALLY STABBED AT PHILIPPI STATION

On 19 July, a 17-year-old schoolboy died after being stabbed during a scuffle with a group of men at Philippi station, near Mitchells Plain in Cape Town. According to the Cape Argus,the boy was with...

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SCRAP DEALER ARRESTED WITH COPPER

A joint operation involving Eskom, Transnet, the police and Johannesburg City Power led to the recovery of 'thousands of metres of copper wire under a mountain of scrap' at a yard in Amalgam, off Main...

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INDIA: 69 DIE IN TWO DERAILMENTS

According to Agence France-Presse, 'nearly a dozen carriages' of the Kalka Mail (Howrah to New Delhi) jumped the rails in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. 'The force of the derailment caused...

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CHINA HS TEETHING TROUBLES

A series of problems has caused delays on the new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line, the China Daily reports. In one incident, service had to be halted after a train broke down in Changzhou in the...

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HORROR CROSSING SMASH

At least 35' people returning from a wedding party died when a train hit a bus at a crossing near  Kanshiramnagar, 350km south-west of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. A...

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