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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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