FATAL CRASH IN INDIA: CROWD KILLS DRIVER

More detail has emerged following the recent incident in Bihar state in eastern India when a passenger train ran into a large group of Hindu pilgrims crossing the line at a remote station. Altogether...

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CANADA SUSPENDS MMAR LICENCE

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has suspended the operating licence of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMAR) and its Canadian subsidiary with effect from 20 August. A fuel train...

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CANADIAN PACIFIC AND THE LAC MEGANTIC TROUBLES

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is appealing a decision by the province of Quebec to add its name to the list of firms liable for clean-up costs at Lac Mégantic. CP was the principal contractor...

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SEVEN WAGONS OFF AT LYDENBURG

On 14 August, the 05:00 Transnet Freight Rail working from Lydenburg to Steelpoort in Mpumalanga derailed seven empty wagons at Apiesdoring, 192km from Lydenburg. No injuries were reported....

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NATCOR CLOSED BY COLLISION

On 14 August, a Transnet Freight Rail motor-car train was derailed near Balfour on the main Johannesburg-Durban line when a coal truck failed to stop at a level crossing. Photos of the accident showed...

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SPAIN RE-ASSESSES RAIL SAFETY AFTER CRASH

In the aftermath of the horrific derailment at Santiago de Compostelac in late July, in which 79 people lost their lives, a parliamentary committee is to undertake a 'full-scale review' of railway...

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DERAILMENT AT RUSTENBURG

A costly derailment in the station at Rustenburg late in July 2013 involved two class 7E electric locomotives and a number of ore wagons. Damage to rolling stock and lineside infrastructure was...

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PASSENGER INCIDENT DELAYS TRAINS AT WOODSTOCK

Radio reports early in August reported serious afternoon commuter service delays at Woodstock, one station from the central Cape Town terminus. The cause was said to be a 'passenger-related' incident...

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PAKISTAN TRAIN BOMB KILLS 1, HURTS 13

On 5 August, an explosive device triggered in the toilet of a coach on the Lahore-Karachi Shalimar Express exploded while the train was running through open country near Toba Tek Singh in the Punjab....

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INDIAN TRACKS BLOWN UP

Political activists said to be Maoists blew up the line between Taraiya and Guraru on the Indian Central Railway, disrupting traffic on the Gaya-Mugalsari route. Nobody was hurt. Officials quoted by...

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