It's typhoon season in the Pacific. On 6 October, high-speed 'bullet train' service was suspended between Tokyo and Osaka because of heavy rain, and more than 600 flights were cancelled at Tokyo's...
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Twenty-six out of 100 wagons in a Canadian National freight train left the track in central Saskatchewan on 7 October. Petroleum distillates leaking from two derailed tankcars caught fire, creating...
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The crew of a freight train were badly hurt after colliding with a truck stalled on a crossing in downtown Mer Rouge, Louisiana on 4 October. The truck driver baled out as the train approached and was...
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On 4 October, highside open wagons in a Transnet Freight Rail train derailed near Bergrivier halt, 50km from Saldanha on the branch from Kalbaskraal. Track was badly damaged in the incident,...
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Ticket checking on a Metrorail suburban train at Union station near Germiston on 2 October went badly awry. An official was arrested after an altercation between commuters (who allegedly had no valid...
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On 2 October, thieves broke through a Gautrain security fence in Snake Valley near Pretoria, forced open a locked manhole cover and removed about 300 metres of signal cable. All train services to and...
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On 5 October, a 28-wagon TransNamib freight train travelling from Walvis Bay to Windhoek derailed about 45km from Okahandja. Many of the affected vehicles contained fuel oil which leaked, causing...
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Fourteen people were reported to have died near Gorakhpur in India on 30 September following a collision. A further 24 were listed as hurt. Three coaches of the Lucknow-Barauni Express were thrown off...
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On 1 October, suburban train services in south London were disrupted following two unusual explosions on the track at the south end of East Croydon station. It appeared that these were due to a...
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On 4 September, a man crossing the lines on foot at Philippi on Cape Town's Central Line was hit and killed by a train. Metrorail's Riana Scott said commuter services were substantially delayed as a...
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