RUSSIAN DISASTER

The authorities in Russia are treating the crash of the Nevsky Express in which at least 25 people were killed and some 26 reported missing as terrorism. More than 90 were hospitalised, some of them...

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RESIDENTS WANT RAILWAY TO FIX FLOOD CAUSE

Exceptionally heavy rain on 17 November in Pemberton, 152km north of Vancouver on the former British Columbia railway (BCR), flooded an estimated 160 acres of land adjacent to properties along...

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METRORAIL FENCING PROBLEMS

On 29 November, according to press reports, a man was 'ripped to pieces' by a Metrorail train while crossing the Mitchells Plain line in Cape Town, near the Eisleben Road bridge. At least two people...

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WASHINGTON DC REAR-ENDER

No passengers were on board when a six-coach Washington DC metro train rear-ended a similar stationary set at 04:30 on 29 November, but three railway employees were hurt. All were treated in a nearby...

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BOULDER DERAILS AMTRAK

On 25 November, an Amtrak passenger train en route from Chicago to Seattle derailed shortly after 19:00 near Essex, Montana, when it collided with a large boulder on the track. None of the 256...

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INDIAN TRACK BLOWN UP, TRAIN DERAILS

A passenger train derailed near Ghaghra in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand after the line was blown up by Maoist rebels. At least two passengers were killed, according to federal railway...

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TRAINS DISRUPTED BY UK FLOODS

Widespread disruption to train services in Britain and Ireland followed the heaviest rain ever recorded in the UK on 20 November. Britain's Met Office said a record 314.4mm fell in 24 hours in...

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CEDARA SIMULATION

On 19 November, an elaborate accident simulation took place at the Cedara tunnel north portal, 20km north of Pietermaritzburg. Press reports said that a freight and a passenger train were supposed to...

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MUDSLIDES DELAY AMTRAK

Because of three separate mudslides on the night of 17 November, Amtrak suspend passenger train service between Seattle and Vancouver, Canada. Although freight trains continued to run following...

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COACH ON FIRE!

On a day already complicated by a strike, fire broke out on one of the most heavily travelled regional rail lines of the South-eastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (Septa). About a thousand...

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