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People board the K27 train bound for Pyongyang at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing on March 12, 2026

World

China-North Korea train arrives in Pyongyang after 6-year halt

A passenger train from China arrived in the North Korean capital on Thursday, state media said, after a six-year hiatus since the service was...

AFPMarch 12, 2026

A collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia on January 18 resulted in the death of 46 people

World

Spanish PM vows justice, defends rail safety after deadly accidents

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed Wednesday that justice would be done following two train accidents that claimed 47 lives last month, and insisted...

AFPFebruary 11, 2026

The January 18 disaster in the southern region of Andalusia is one of Europe's deadliest train accidents this century

Business

Spain eyes full service on train tragedy line in 10 days

Spain aims to restart within 10 days full service on a key high-speed railway line where a collision between two trains killed 45 people,...

AFPJanuary 28, 2026

Sunday's crash was the deadliest train accident in Spain since 2013

World

Spain mourns as train crash toll rises to 40

Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has...

AFPJanuary 19, 2026

This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Madrid shows emergency personnel working after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 18, 2026

World

Train collision in Spain kills 21, injures dozens

A collision between two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers in southern Spain killed at least 21 people and injured more than 70 on...

AFPJanuary 18, 2026

Passengers are locked inside the train as it crosses EU member Lithuania

World

On board the Cold War-style sealed train from Moscow to Kaliningrad

As the Moscow-Kaliningrad train approached Lithuania, the car attendant beckoned to passengers in Russian: “I’m closing the entire carriage, the toilets are out of...

AFPOctober 29, 2025

Kim Jong Un aboard his special train is shown in a picture taken on September 1, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS

World

‘Fortress’ on wheels: Kim Jong Un’s bulletproof train

An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade...

AFPSeptember 2, 2025

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said two train carriages had derailed

World

Three dead, several injured after train derails in Germany

Three people were killed and several others injured when a regional passenger train derailed in a wooded area in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police...

AFPJuly 27, 2025