POWER FAILURE DISLOCATION IN LONDON

Major dislocation of train services in and out of Euston station ' one of London's most important terminals ' followed damage to power lines at Wembley, a short distance to the north. Among trains...

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SUICIDES ON THE LINE

According to European Rail Agency data, suicides represent 62% of the victims, which together with trespasses (unauthorised access to rail property) constitute 83% of the deaths that take place on the...

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RUNAWAY TROLLEY ' DEFECTIVE DESIGN

The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is looking into an incident between Haslemere and Witley stations on the morning of Saturday 10 September 2011. 'The incident involved a trolley being...

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ARSON ATTACKS IN BERLIN

On 12 October, three arson attacks were made on rail lines in Berlin. Two of the attacks were thwarted, while a third device on a line in the western area of Staaken caught fire but did not explode,...

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TRACTOR DERAILS UK TRAIN

At 10:13 on Sunday 25 September 2011, train 1T60, the 10:10 service from King's Lynn to Ely, struck a tractor on the single line at Hatson's 'user worked crossing', approximately two miles from King's...

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BARCOMBE TUNNEL

At 05:24 on 23 September 2011, the crew of a maintenance train on its way to Tonbridge after overnight work near Hove, reported to the signaller at Three Bridges that there appeared to be a problem...

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TRAIN RINS INTO ICEBERG IN TUNNEL

About an hour after midnight on 28 December 2010, a passenger train travelling from Manchester to Leeds at 92km/h struck a huge mound of ice on the track inside Summit tunnel. All wheels of the front...

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DERAILED & RERAILED AT BORDESLEY

At 00:45 on 26 August, a freight train comprising a diesel-electric locomotive, 30 empty aggregate wagons and an unloading wagon derailed on the approach to Bordesley Junction, Birmingham. The rear...

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LONDON UNDERGROUND ACCIDENTS

Analysis of Transport for London's (TfL) database by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed that 18,677 accidents occurred across the underground network between January 2006 and March...

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PROTECTIVE DEVICE INVOLVED IN TRAM FATALITY

The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is examining the circumstances of a fatal accident t at Piccadilly Gardens in central Manchester on 5 June 2011. At about 00:16, tram 1002 was...

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