One day after the new tunnel beneath the Bosphorus opened on 29 October, a power failure brought trains to a halt for several minutes. According to a transport ministry official, a number of people on...
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Two people died on 31 October when a coach in the Dhaka-Chittagong mail train derailed near Akhaura junction in the north-eastern Brahmanbaria district. Forty were reported hurt, many of whom were...
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An employee of a firm in Florida, who - since the age of 19 - had 17 years' service, lost his life when four rail wagons filled with gravel overturned during a shunting movement at the SunRail station...
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The driver of a semi-trailer car carrier has been charged with causing a collision with a Chicago Metra commuter train on the afternoon of 21 October. Two people on the train were hospitalised with...
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The 19 October Gainford derailment in Canada displaced 126 residents from the village for four days. All were evacuated very early on the Saturday morning and not allowed to return home until Tuesday...
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Three coaches were derailed when Pakistan's crowded Jaffer Express from Rawalpindi to Quetta was blown up near Shori station in Balochistan province on 21 October. Sixteen people were said to have...
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A train from Xining, the Qinghai provincial capital, ran into an empty passenger set that had been incorrectly routed at the East Golmud station in a remote Himalayan region. It was reported that one...
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On 24 October, one person died when a train ran into a road truck loaded with coal at a crossing in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang province. The train was said to have incurred considerable damage, but no...
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On 19 October, 13 tankcars derailed at Gainford, about 80km west of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. Four of the wagons were carrying petroleum crude oil, the other nine, liquified petroleum gas. No...
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On 12 October, the daily Amtrak California Zephyr between San Francisco and Chicago reverted to its normal routing west of Denver, following extensive line closures in Colorado since 11 September due...
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