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Austria

Austria train collision kills one, injures 22 others

Two trains collided in the southeastern state of Styria this afternoon, causing several cars to derail on impact.

USA

Locked track switch cause of fatal U.S. train crash

Federal officials say the most likely cause of the collision in South Carolina is a locked track switch that diverted the passenger train into a siding.

USA

Train carrying US Republicans hits truck, killing driver

No serious injuries were reported among the Republican members of Congress on the train, who were on their way to an annual retreat in West Virginia.

Italy

Milan train crash 'leaves at least three dead'

Authorities say three people were killed and 13 seriously injured.

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South Africa

Train collides with truck in South Africa killing 12 and injuring 260

At least 12 people died and more than 260 were hurt when a passenger train collided with a truck in rural South Africa on Thursday, according to the country's transport minister.

Spain

45 injured in Spain train crash

Spanish authorities say 45 people were injured when a double-decker commuter train crashed into a barrier.

Austria

12 injured in Austria train collision

Two trains have collided in Austria, injuring a dozen people - four of them seriously. Emergency services rushed to the scene and were able to evacuate all passengers.

USA

Investigators seek answers from crew of derailed Amtrak train

One line of inquiry into deadly derailment in Washington State will be whether the driver, accompanied by a trainee conductor, was distracted

USA

Amtrak train crash: inquiry centres on excess speed

A US passenger train that derailed killing at least three people was travelling at nearly three times the speed limit, say investigators

USA

Three die as speeding train derails on highway bridge in USA

The Amtrak 501 train was traveling 80 miles (130 km) per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone on its inaugural journey between Seattle and Portland.

USA

'You know when something horrible has happened' says crash witness

An Amtrak passenger train derailed and is currently dangling from a motorway in Washington state. This is how witnesses described the scene.

Germany

Dozens injured in a train collision in Meerbusch, Germany

Firefighters struggle to get to the injured due to broken power cables after a passenger and freight train collide

Norway

‘Unprecedented’ number of reindeer killed by trains in Norway

More than a hundred reindeer have been killed by freight trains in Norway in just three days.

Finland

Soldiers killed in a train crash in southern Finland

Four people have been killed and at least eight injured in an accident between a train and a military vehicle in Finland

Egypt

Death toll rising after two trains collide in Egypt

Two trains have collided in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, killing at least 35 and injuring over 120 others

Egypt

At least 36 dead after trains collide in Egypt

Poland

Watch: Four people narrowly avoid death on train crossing

Four people narrowly avoided serious injury when a train grazed their car in Koszalin, Poland.

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Dozens hurt in Barcelona train crash

Dozens of people were injured, one seriously, after a commuter train slammed into a buffer stop at Barcelona’s Estació de França station, the second busiest railway station in the Catalan capital.

Spain

Dozens hurt in Barcelona rail crash

More than 50 people were injured when a commuter train slammed into the buffers at Francia station in the city centre

Spain

Dozens hurt in Barcelona train crash

At least 54 people were injured at the city's Francia station, one of them seriously