Train News
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Ingenheim -
A French high-speed TGV train derailed early Thursday after an embankment collapsed into the tracks in eastern France, seriously injuring the driver and hurting 21 others.
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Ingenheim -
A French high-speed TGV train derailed early Thursday while travelling from the eastern city of Strasbourg to Paris, an accident caused by the collapse of an embankment that seriously injured the driver and 20 others, state rail operator SNCF and local...
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Lodi -
Two rail workers were killed and about 30 people injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed before dawn near Milan in northern Italy, authorities said.
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Milan -
Two people were killed and about 25 injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed near Milan in northern Italy, authorities said.The accident occurred near the town of Lodi, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Milan.
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Distraught relatives gathered Friday for the funerals of some of the 74 people killed when fire ripped through a crowded train in Pakistan, with many of the victims residents of a single town.
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Mirpur Khas -
Distraught relatives gathered Friday for the first funerals of some of the 74 people killed when fire ripped through a crowded train in Pakistan, with many of the victims residents of a single town.
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Islamabad -
At least 74 people were killed and dozens injured after cooking gas cylinders exploded on a train packed with pilgrims in Pakistan on Thursday, some dying after leaping from carriages to escape the inferno, authorities said.
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Hanoi -
Selfie-snapping tourists railed against the closure of Hanoi's 'train street' on Thursday after police blocked off the Instragram-famous tracks for safety reasons.
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Lubumbashi -
A freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early Thursday, killing illegal passengers who were riding on it, in the latest rail tragedy to strike the vast central African nation, officials said.
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Lubumbashi -
At least 50 stowaways were killed when a freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early Thursday, the latest rail tragedy to strike the vast central African nation."Another disaster!
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Kitakata -
An express train travelling at around 120 kilometres per hour smashed into a truck at a crossing south of Tokyo Thursday, sparking a blaze and killing the truck's driver with around 30 others injured.
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Frankfurt Am Main -
An Eritrean man accused of killing an eight-year-old boy by pushing him under a train in Germany had been on the run from Swiss police after a violent incident last week, authorities said Tuesday.
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Frankfurt Am Main -
An Eritrean man accused of killing an eight-year-old boy by pushing him under a train is a Swiss-based father-of-three who will be examined for a psychiatric disorder, authorities said Tuesday.
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New Delhi -
Indian navy helicopters and emergency service boats came to the rescue of more than 800 people stranded on a train in floods near Mumbai on Saturday.
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Apo -
A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains.
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Bangkok -
Critics have urged Thailand's junta to reconsider the award of a $7.1 billion high-speed rail contract to a consortium led by the kingdom's richest family, just days before a new parliament is set to convene.
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Khartoum -
Hundreds of protesters arrived on a packed train in Khartoum Tuesday to join a weeks-long sit-in outside army headquarters, as a top US official reiterated Washington's backing for demands the country's military council hand power to a civilian governm...
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Rabat -
The driver of a passenger train that derailed and killed seven people in Morocco last year has been convicted of manslaughter but released on time already served, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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Apo -
The death toll from a crash and fire at Cairo's main railway station rose to 22, Egypt's health minister said Thursday, adding that six of the wounded were in a critical condition.
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Bejing -
Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un could soon put North Korea on the fast-track to becoming a major power Sunday as his former rival chugged across China in an armoured train, heading to their highly-anticipated summit in Vietnam.
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Seoul -
The olive green North Korean train, emblazoned with a yellow stripe, trundling towards Beijing station Tuesday was the first sign leader Kim Jong Un and his entourage had arrived in the Chinese capital.
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Sydney -
A huge runaway train laden with iron ore had to be derailed remotely after speeding through the Australian outback for almost an hour.
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Amritsar -
Angry relatives staged a protest Saturday on the tracks where a speeding train ploughed into crowds watching fireworks, killing about 60 people in the latest disaster to bedevil India's railway network.
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Amritsar -
A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses saying they were given no warning before disaster struck.
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Amritsar -
At least 50 people were killed Friday after a train plowed into revellers gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India's northern Amritsar city, police said.
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Musina -
On the slow overnight train from Johannesburg to the Zimbabwe border, the talk is all about whether the country's election on Monday could spring a surprise and topple the ZANU-PF government.
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New York -
On June 14, 2018, rock band Train performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City, as part of their co-headlining summer tour with Daryl Hall and John Oates.
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New York -
On June 14, Daryl Hall and John Oates performed at Madison Square Garden with rock band Train, where they played hit after hit, as part of their summer headlining tour.
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When the Lifeline Express rolled into the sleepy Indian town of Jalore, Bhagwana Ram Prajapat was anxiously waiting to board.
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Egypt -
At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded Wednesday as two trains collided in Egypt, the latest in a string of deadly accidents on the North African country's railways, the health ministry said.
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Train Image
Image of a train speedometer showing 200 kms per hour posted by Francisco Jose Garzon Amo on Facebook Fair use - Facebook image posted by Francisco Jose Garzon Amo
Current electric train from 1 to 3 at Pearson
An Altamont Commuter Express train. Jay Slupesky/Wikimedia Commons
An engine owned by Howard MacLellan, of a type which operated out of Truro in 1956.
LOSE, infamous train graffitti artist in Madrid, Spain painting a train with friends. He has been arrested by Spanish Police. YouTube
The Q-Train at the 57th Street Station in Midtown Manhattan. Youngking11
Watch the Gap sign on New Jersey Transit train
JR East Shinkansen Lineup at Niigata Shinkansen Rolling Stock Center, Japan. Rsa
A French TGV high-speed double-decker train
Scores of children die in Egypt school bus crash AlJazeera / Screengrab
Sitting next to the track I wonder what is being railroaded; glints of gold contrast with winter's empty branches and hint opportunities might be rolling by.
ON THE WAY: Computer-generated image predicts what California's high-speed rail system will look like in 15 years. California High-Speel Rail Authority/Wikimedia Commons
Pearson International Airport
An old train engine slworking
Mihai Blotor, Prietenii Mocanitei
A man stands outside a local train end on July 25, 2014 near the Losinoostrovskaya station in a suburb of Moscow Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP/File
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