UK: EAST MIDLANDS ON TRACK

Most trains in the East Midlands of England were back on schedule by 5 December, after a week of severe winter weather. Normal service resumed on the main-line between Sheffield and London, also...

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VANDALISM AT HOTHAM VALLEY

Vandals caused at least A$50,000 damage to nine Hotham Valley Tourist Railway (HVTR) carriages, some more than 100 years old, at Dwellingup Railway Station overnight on 19 November. Previously, in...

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DERAILMENT OF 14 WAGONS IN CANADA

Early on Sunday morning 29 November, 14 wagons including 10 empty tankcars derailed in the Scotford yard, about 5km north-east of Fort Saskatchewan. Canadian National public affairs officer Warren...

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DROVE ON TRACKS

At 01:00 on 24 November, Moorhead (Minnesota) police tried to stop 25-year-old Mitchell Jackson for not wearing his seatbelt. He drove off, took a wrong turn onto the BNSF and proceeded down the rail...

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HAYDARPASA STATION FIRE

On 28 November, Istanbul firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed the roof of the historic Haydarpasa station building which is undergoing restoration. Most of the roof of the early 20th century...

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HEAVY SNOW AND EUROSTAR

Snow storms in southern Britain on 30 November led Eurostar to cancel six trains through the Channel Tunnel, less than a year after the failure of locomotives in a blizzard led the company's chief...

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SNOW HITS UK TRAINS

On 1 December, delays and cancellations affected trains operating out of London Victoria and Charing Cross due to freezing conditions. Overnight three South-eastern trains were stuck for up to five...

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RAILROAD SUICIDES STUDIED

Jan Botha, lead author of a recent study on suicidal and accidental deaths on Caltrain [San Francisco-San Jose] tracks, identifying time and location patterns, hopes the study's results can be applied...

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FLOODS CLOSE UK RAILWAYS

The Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway in Cornwall is closed following severe flooding. Tons of ballast were reportedly washed away and holes as dep as 2.4 metres were gouged out. The line between...

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CHANNEL TUNNEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

On 4 April 2008, as the 17:06 Cheriton to Coquelles passenger shuttle departed from the UK terminal of the Channel Tunnel rail system, a road coach moved within the rail vehicle on which it was being...

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