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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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