During the morning rush hour on 9 February, two passenger trains with about 150 people on board collided head-on in a single-track section at Bad-Aibling in Bavaria, between Rosenheim and Holzkirchen,...
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Wheel failure has caused serious problems in Melbourne, where the provision of buses to replace inoperable trains is costing about A$250,000 a day, probably adding up to many millions in coming weeks....
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Eight coaches of the Kanyakumari-Bangalore Island Express derailed near Patchur in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu on 5 February. It is understood that three vehicles overturned. At least ten...
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A 1 February derailment in the village of Brewster, Ohio, sparked a fire between two wagons, one carrying butane. Because of fumes and the possibility of an explosion, Brewster police evacuated people...
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Eight vehicles in a train of 38 wagons derailed across a level crossing late on 31 January, blocking road access to Oak Valley, a suburb of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. Both passenger and...
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On 29 January, an early morning power failure put the signals out of action at Cape Town’s main station. For an hour in the busy peak, nothing could enter or leave, resulting in long queues of trains...
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Late on 26 January, 15 wagons in a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed near Reno, Minnesota. Six tankcars landed in the adjacent Mississippi River, spilling soybean oil.Crews transferred...
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Accidents involving passengers falling into the gap between train and platform have increased alarmingly, statistics show. In 2003, there were 56 incidents but the figure for 2014 was 298 - an...
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The derailment of a train with about 40 passengers aboard at in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 28 January was due to debris on the track, according to the crew. Rail services were disrupted; they were...
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Bulgarski Durzhavni Zheleznitzi (BDZ – Bulgaria’s state railway) says four tankcars and five freight wagons carrying cement derailed at Dupnitsa station on 29 January, but nobody was injured. The...
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