One man died and nine were reported hurt when five coaches of the Kasara-CST local suburban train derailed near Titwala in India's Thane district on 20 March. Train services were seriously disrupted,...
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On 20 March, an Adana-Mersin train in Turkey ran into a minibus on a level crossing near the destination port city on the Mediterranean. No one on board the train was hurt but ten women in the minibus...
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An exceptional storm during February swept 100 metres of the seawall at Dawlish in south Devon out to sea, carrying with it the double-track main railway to Cornwall. The British Army drafted in 1,000...
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On 12 March, Metro-North afternoon commuter services into and out of Grand Central station, New York, were halted following an explosion in East Harlem that demolished two five-storey buildings...
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Unusually, some of the passenger injuries (mostly back pain) attributed to a Boston light rail derailment on 10 March occurred in the following train, which was forced to brake sharply. The leading...
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Eleven passengers in a Los Angeles Blue Line service were hurt, two badly, when a minivan reportedly ran a red light on 14 March and collided with the train. The driver and passenger in the van also...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has told the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration that most of the old tankcars being operated in America should be phased...
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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) repeatedly deplores impatient commuters who set coaches on fire when their trains are delayed. It seems it isn't only trains that are in the firing...
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In the late evening of 1 March, a group all dressed alike and carrying knives charged into the square fronting the main station in the south-western China city of Kunming. According to the China News...
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On 19 February, five wagons in a freight consist left the track in Westford, Massachusetts. Two contained liquid petroleum gas (LPG), which has the potential to explode. Town Manager Jodi Ross...
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