The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating an incident on 11 December between Rawlinna and Naretha, 350km east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, when 39 wagons in a 59-wagon...
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A coach air conditioning unit is believed to have been the cause of a fire on a train entering Marylebone station in Central London. Train operator Chiltern Railways suspended services and some 700...
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On 10 December, a Canadian National freight train derailed 12 loaded grain wagons near Hinton, about 288km west of Edmonton in Alberta. The incident is under investigation by the Transportation Safety...
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The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into two incidents involving containers detaching from freight trains. On 7 March 2015, an empty 30ft container became detached...
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Intensive services on Metrorail’s Central Line in Cape Town had to be cut short at Mandalay, on the outskirts of Khayelitsha, when illegal electrical connections were discovered crossing the track....
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Six wagons left Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) tracks near a university campus in Brownwood, Texas, on the night of 31 November. Four turned over onto their sides but no hazardous materials were...
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A boulder falling on the track caused a derailment on 29 November in East Bernstadt, Laurel County, Kentucky. Several wagons derailed, resulting in emergency crews working into the night to...
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Severe flooding in India’s Chennai area closed the airport for five days. Train services were seriously disrupted. In order to clear the passengers stranded in Chennai due to heavy rains and flooding,...
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The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into two incidents involving containers detaching from freight trains. On 7 March 2015, an empty 30ft container became detached...
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On 8 December, Network Rail in the UK announced: “Flooding and landslips caused by heavy rain from Storm Desmond are affecting services in northern England and Scotland. Trains between England and...
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