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Train heroes to be honoured for bravery

French president Francois Hollande is to award the men who disarmed a gunman on board a high speed train with the country's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur.

France

'Dude, I tried to shoot him': video shows moments after train attack in France

Video footage is released showing moments after suspected gunman in Thalys train attack is restrained in the carriage.

France

France train gunman suspected to have ties to 'radical Islamist movement'

Fingerprint evidence has shown the heavily-armed man suspected of launching an attack on a French train is a Moroccan national known to the European

France

'Train terror attack': Praise for passengers who tackled gunman

Presidents and prime ministers have praised passengers who disarmed a suspected Islamist gunman apparently poised to commit mass murder on a busy

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Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM: Macedonia declares state-of-emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), as crowds of migrants continue to gather on its southern

Republic of North Macedonia

Balkan route now 'busiest irregular passage to EU' for migrants

Migrants in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have been seen surging onto a railway line in the southern town of Gevgelia, desperate

Bulgaria

Nine hurt in Bulgaria train accident

Nine passengers have been injured in an accident at a railway station in Bulgaria. It is said to have happened in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv

India

At least 20 killed as two trains derail in central India

At least 20 people have been killed and 100 injured after two trains were swept off a bridge over a river in central India according to authorities

Republic of North Macedonia

The Balkans: Another route for migrants seeking a new life in Europe

With record numbers of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, many others seeking a better life in Western Europe are opting to travel overland via

France

French ferry workers' tyre-fire protest blocks Eurotunnel in Calais

Eurotunnel services had returned to normal on Tuesday (July 21) after protesting French ferry workers blocked the entrance and set fire to tyres at a

South Africa

'Hundreds' injured in South Africa rail collision

Over 200 people have been injured in a rail collision near Booysens station in South Africa, local media reports. Train company Metrorail said at

Greece

Workers walk out in Greece in protest over austerity measures before parliament

Strikers at rush hour in Greece. That was how many decided to hold their own vote on the austerity measures before parliament. The metro shut down at

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Getting rail freight back on track in Europe

Transportation costs affect the price of any goods we buy, so reducing them could help our pockets. Road transportation is becoming more efficient

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Do you know: what's better - a road or a rail?

Japan

Two deaths reported after fire on Japan bullet train

Two people have reportedly died after an apparent suicide bid started a fire aboard a bullet train in Japan. According to a Japan rail spokesperson a

France

Eurostar: services remain suspended overnight

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded after the tunnel linking France and England closed due to a strike in Calais. Rail company Eurostar

Austria

14-year-old Austrian jailed over Vienna train station bomb plot

A teenage boy from Austria has pleaded guilty to planning to bomb a Vienna train station. The 14-year-old downloaded bomb making instructions onto

Germany

German rail strike ends as GDL and Deutsche Bahn agree to begin arbitration

German trains are set to start rolling again after the GDL union agreed to begin arbitration with rail operator Deutsche Bahn. The GDL-Union Chairman

Germany

Germany's GDL union promises long train drivers' strike

German trains are at a near standstill today after another strike called by the GDL union began. It warns it could be longer than the last, which

Germany

New strike halts German public rail services again

The GDL train workers’ union in Germany has begun a new strike that will affect freight and passenger traffic, and it says it may go on for longer