Russian specialists rebuild Syrian rail line to enable vital aid deliveries
For the first time in years, the Syrian government will be able to deliver humanitarian aid to parts of the population in desperate need, by using a railroad segment that has been restored by Russian forces. The railway network in Syria has largely ceased to function during the civil war. On Sunday, with the help […]
Belgium train collision kills three people and sends more to the hospital
A late-night passenger train slammed at high speed into a slow-moving freight train in eastern Belgium, killing three people and sending nine others to the hospital, authorities said Monday. The accident came just hours after reported lightning strikes and a signal disruption on the line. Two cars from the passenger train derailed when it rear-ended […]
More than 200 injured in South Africa train crash
More than 200 people have been injured in a peak hour train collision in the South African city of Johannesburg. One train was reported to have ploughed into a stationary train near Booysens station as workers headed home from the city. Badly injured people were carried to dozens of waiting ambulances as shocked passengers sat […]
18 Killed in Deadly Tunisia Train And Lorry Crash
At least 18 people have been killed and 98 others injured after a passenger train collided with a lorry in Tunisia, officials say. It happened at El Fahes, about 60km (40 miles) south-west of the capital, Tunis, during the morning rush hour. Eyewitnesses described seeing mangled wreckage at the scene and dead bodies across the […]
Over speeding Amtrak train crashes and kills people
PHILADELPHIA— The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at 106 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 mph, federal investigators said Wednesday. The engineer applied the emergency brakes moments before the crash but managed to slow the […]
