Russia Moscow has hired its first female metro drivers after ban relaxation Special uniforms have been designed for the new roster of employees and will allow them to choose between wearing a skirt or trousers in the driving seat. 05/01/2021
Germany Swan Wake: Bird 'mourning' dead companion rescued from railway line Its companion is thought to have died after getting caught in a live overhead line, police said. 29/12/2020
no comment Moscow disinfects train stations amid rising COVID-19 cases Russia has the fourth-highest virus caseload in the world with a total of 1.3 million registered infections, and more than 23,000 deaths. 15/10/2020
Serbia Will the €4bn Belgrade-Budapest rail upgrade be a benefit or burden? Without effective rail connections from Belgrade to Greece, “this railway will go from nowhere to nowhere,” says Laszlo Varju, an MP for the centre-left Democratic Coalition party. 06/10/2020
Eco-Innovation The London Underground could soon run on 100% renewable energy The Tube is about to go green. 17/07/2020
Denmark Denmark gives go-ahead for €7 billion underwater tunnel to Germany The Fehmarnbelt Link will allow trains and cars to cross the strait in just seven and ten minutes respectively. At the moment, a ferry takes about an hour to make the crossing. 27/04/2020
no comment Train scuffles and Christmas tree alight as Hong Kong protests go on Cellphone footage showed passengers arguing on a Hong Kong train as protesters blocked the carriage doors from closing on Wednesday morning. 13/11/2019
no comment Cooking accident triggers train fire in Pakistan, killing dozens The fire broke out when a gas stove exploded as breakfast was being prepared on board. Safety regulations are often ignored in the overcrowded trains. 31/10/2019
no comment Commuter train and truck in deadly collision in Japan A commuter train and a truck loaded with boxes of citrus collided at a rail crossing near Tokyo on Thursday, killing one and injuring at least 30 people, Japanese authorities said. 05/09/2019
no comment Trains overwhelmed as Bangladeshis go home for Eid Thousands of people scrambled to Dhaka's train stations on Tuesday (June 4) in hopes of returning home for Eid 04/06/2019
Egypt Train station fire kills at least 20, injures dozens in Cairo "I saw a man pointing from the locomotive as it entered the platform, and screaming, 'There are no brakes, there are no brakes' before he jumped out." 27/02/2019
