The British Rail Accidents Investigation Branch (RAIB) has reported on an accident in Northern Ireland a year ago ' on 31 May 2013 - where a motorist had a narrow escape when a weed-killer train did...
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On 24 May, very heavy rains flooded parts of Norfolk in the UK, reportedly 'wreaking havoc on the rail network.' The situation was aggravated by it being a long weekend with more than usual traffic on...
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On 25 May, six coaches in India's Gorakhdham express derailed and collided with a stationary goods train on an adjacent track at Chureb station in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Some...
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On 20 May, 16 flatcars in a container train owned by the Ukrainian State Centre of Transport Service (SCTS), reportedly carrying Renault spares from Romania, derailed between the stations of Nara and...
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At some point, around about 1965, the standard measurements used in building station platforms in France were slightly changed. The distance from the track to the platform edge was reduced by a few...
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On 19 May, an explosion at an underground station in the south of Seoul, South Korea, reportedly injured eleven people. An electrical fault is believed to have been the cause but no further detail was...
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On 20 February 2014, a filmmaking crew were at work on a high railway bridge over a river in south-east Georgia when a train unexpectedly put in an appearance. A 27-year-old camera assistant, Sarah...
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In the aftermath of the derailment and explosion on 6 July 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, which caused 47 deaths and the destruction of much of the town's centre, the bankrupt Montreal, Maine &...
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Commuters using Melbourne's Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham and Sandringham lines faced serious service delays following a fire near Richmond station, and some electric tram routes were affected too....
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According to a joint South African Press Associaton/Agence-France-Presse report, the 'colonial railway' in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a 'risky ride', as little maintenance has taken...
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