FOG IN INDIA: 15 DEAD

After a series of accidents, train delays and cancellations, Indian Railways - one of the world's largest rail networks - has admitted it is ill-prepared to handle problems that arise in persisting...

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STUCK TRUCK STRUCK - BY A TRAIN

Twelve people were hurt, two seriously, when a two-car Braunschweig- Salzgitter express with about 60 passengers aboard, travelling at 120km/h. ran into a truck stalled on a crossing near Rüningen in...

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STUDENT DIES AT YSTERPLAAT

On 25 January, an 18-year-old college student was killed when struck by a train as he crossed the tracks at Ysterplaat station, a few kilometres from the Cape Town terminal. Press reports quoted...

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RAIL SAFETY REGULATOR TO INSPECT IN CT

South Africa's Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is to undertake a second series of inspections in Cape Town during February, with specific reference to lines in Philippi and Nyanga. The work forms part...

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AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILS

On 23 January, the leading locomotive of an Amtrak passenger train carrying 712 passengers derailed in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington DC. Several hundred Palm Beach County (Florida)...

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4 TON LOCO MISSING IN OMAHA

According to an Associated Press report datelined 18 January, police were looking for a 4 ton Union Pacific locomotive valued at $45,000, last seen in an Omaha (Nebraska) yard shortly before...

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THREE DEAD IN INDIAN COLLISION

Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured when two trains collided near Tundla, 30 km from Agra in India. The accident occurred in thick fog when the Kalindi Express from Delhi ran into...

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TRAIN CRASHES INTO HELSINKI HOTEL

According to Associated Press, four runaway coaches from a Kajaani-bound intercity train overran the buffers and crashed into the office wing of the Holiday Inn adjoining Helsinki Central Station in...

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EUROSTAR PAYS FOR CHAOS

Eurostar is expected to pay out up to 10m in compensation to about 100,000 passengers following the breakdown of five trains in the Channel Tunnel during bad weather in December. Snow and ice...

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TEXAS EAGLE DERAILS

Amtrak's Texas Eagle, which makes 26 stops between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas, on the 2,093km daily segment of its route, derailed on 10 January 2010, leaving 176 passengers and a crew of nine...

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