Two men, said to be in their thirties, were killed and another two injured when their car was hit by a train on a crossing outside Hotazel in the Northern Cape on 7 July. One man died on the spot and...
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Highly unusual weather in the north of the UK caused widespread disruption to train services from 27June. While the south of the country basked in 28summer sunshine, a record 110,000 lightning bolts...
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A man who walked onto the track in front of a train between Third Street and Mission Inn Avenue at Riverside, Los Angeles, on 19 June apparently committed suicide. Ignoring the warning horn, he was...
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Over the month-end weekend, police in East St Louis, Illinois, were trying to identify an African American male with a tattooed cross covering his back and the letters "B O M" tattooed on his chest....
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Heavy rains in Abeokuta state (south-west Nigeria) on 28 June caused washaways at Lafenwa which stranded some 300 passengers in a 12-coach train from Ilorin bound for Lagos. Earlier, on its approach...
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The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos ' at 11.8km the longest bridge in Africa - was closed to traffic for four months for repairs from 1 July 2012. Though it does not serve the railway, its closure is...
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In an interview with Platts, Fenoco Railroad (Colombia) superintendent Juan Miguel Duran said that between 2008 and 2011 the line experienced 283 accidents, mostly derailments, and reported 25...
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On 24 June, two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains collided head-on about three kilometres from Goodwell, Oklahoma, leaving two drivers and a conductor 'unaccounted for', believed dead. The...
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On 19 June, the evening diesel-hauled Metrorail commuter service to Malmesbury collided with a stationary Transnet Freight Rail goods train at Fisantekraal, 8km west of Kraaifontein junction (31km...
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According to South African transport minister (until June) Sibusiso Ndebele, damage caused by trains set on fire cost the country R290 million in the past three years. Repairs and the replacement of...
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