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Czech Republic

One dead and five injured after high-speed train hits locomotive

The accident took place early on Monday in Bohumin near the border with Poland.

Spain

Several injured after engine collides with passenger train in Spain

The incident comes just one month after another train collision in the same region of Catalonia.

Germany

At least five killed after regional train derails in southern Germany

The accident occurred near the Alpine ski resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Germany

Four seriously injured after train and bus collide in southern Germany

The crash on Tuesday morning at Blaustein, near the city of Ulm, saw the bus driver thrown from the vehicle before it burst into flames.

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Spain

Driver killed after cargo and passenger trains collide near Barcelona

Dozens of others were injured in the incident, which occurred during rush hour on Monday evening.

Austria

One dead and several injured after train derails near Vienna

The incident occurred on Monday evening in the district of Mödling, south of the Austrian capital.

Hungary

Several dead after train hits car in southern Hungary, say police

Police said a car drove onto the rails and was hit by a train.

Germany

One person killed after two passenger trains collide near Munich

At least 10 others were injured in the accident near Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station.

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Watch the moment this pilot is rescued from high speed train crash

This lucky pilot cheated death twice in one day

France

SNCF told to pay passenger over €1 million after train door accident

France's national state-owned railway company has been ordered to pay more than €1 million in compensation to a passenger who had her leg amputated in 2008 after a train door accident.

United Kingdom

Two trains crash after derailment injuring several people in Salisbury

A carriage of a passenger train derailed, leading to a crash with a second train as it approached the station at Salisbury in England on Sunday evening.

Turkey

Collision between train and minibus leaves 6 dead in Turkey

Six people died and seven more were injured when a minibus and a train crashed at a railroad crossing in the northwestern Tekirdag province.

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Crashed train “Murtalbahn” recovered from River Mur

At the border between Salzburg and Styria, the crashed train “Murtalbahn” was recovered from the River Mur on Friday 6 August. At the beginning of July, the train crashed into the rootstock of a fallen tree and derailed.

Netherlands

Giant whale sculpture saved runaway train from breaking speed limit

An underground train that miraculously landed on a giant whale tail sculpture in the Netherlands derailed due in part to speed, an official report has said.

Austria

Seventeen students injured after train derails in Austrian Alps

A train carrying dozens of schoolchildren derailed in the Austrian Alps, causing one carriage to fall on its side into a river.

Pakistan

Dozens of people die after two trains collide in southern Pakistan

Two express trains collided in southern Pakistan early Monday. According to railway officials, about 1,100 passengers were on board the two trains.

Egypt

Train driver's negligence caused deadly Egypt crash, prosecutors say

Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month.

Taiwan

Taiwan prosecutors launch probe into train crash that killed 50

Taiwanese authorities are seeking an arrest warrant for the driver of a lorry that rolled onto a railway, causing one of the country's worst rail accidents in decades.

Taiwan

At least 36 feared dead after packed train derails in Taiwan - police

As many as 72 people are still trapped in the train's carriages and 61 have been taken to the hospital.

Egypt

Eight people arrested in Egypt over deadly train crash

At least 18 people died after two trains collided on Friday in the southern province of Sohag.