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New Jersey train travelling at twice legal speed says crash inquiry

Investigators into the deadly end-of September crash in Hoboken say train was travelling at twice the speed limit

USA

Scores injured as commuter train derails in US

A train has derailed in a station in the US state of New Jersey. The locomotive came off the rails at Hoboken station, 11 kilometres from New York City.

USA

At least one dead and scores injured after train crash in New Jersey

Emergency services in the US are dealing with a major rush-hour train crash at a commuter station in Hoboken near New York City.

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Spain: Four dead after train derails

A passenger train derailed in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, killing four people and injuring 47 others who were taken to hospitals, authorities said.

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Spain

At least three dead after train derails in Galicia, Spain

At least three people were killed on Friday after a train derailed in Galicia in north-western Spain, emergency services said.

USA

Police officer saves man from train tracks in dramatic near-miss

A police officer from New Jersey in the United States is being hailed a hero after saving a man from train tracks with seconds to spare.

Chile

Freight train falls into river after bridge collapses in Chile

A railway bridge in southern Chile collapsed under the weight of a freight train that was passing over it.

France

Train crashes in southern France after hitting tree on the tracks

A train crash near Montpellier in southern France has left eight people seriously injured and around 50 slightly hurt or suffering from shock.

France

Around 60 people hurt in train crash in southern France

Eight people have been seriously injured and around 50 slightly hurt after a train hit a fallen tree near Montpellier in southern France.

Italy

Italy crash: Andria station master 'allowed crash train to pass'

Italy’s president Mattarella met the families of the victims of Tuesday’s train crash in Southern italy at a hospital in Bari.

Italy

Southern Italy train crash possibly caused by "human error"

Station masters relied on communications by telephone to advise on trains on the remote single line track on Southern Italy and no automated brake or signaling system was in place.

Italy

Italian PM calls for full investigation into head-on rail collision

Italian PM calls for full investigation into train disaster Death toll rises to at least 27 “Human error a factor” Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has demanded a full investigation into Tuesday

Italy

'We must find out cause' of fatal Italy train collision, says Renzi

Italian authorities say 20 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head on in the Puglia region in the south of the country.

Italy

Twenty dead and more injured as passenger trains collide in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Italy

Twenty dead after head on train collision in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Belgium

Belgian king and PM visit site of fatal train crash

Belgian officials say at least three people have been killed and scores injured after a passenger train crashed into the back of a slow-moving freight train near the city of…

Belgium

Belgium: Three dead, nine injured in train crash

A passenger train slammed into a freight train at high speed travelling on the same track at Hermalle-sous-Huy

Belgium

Train crash in Belgium kills three, injures 40

Three people have been killed and 40 injured after a passenger train piled into the back of a freight wagon in Saint-George-Sur-Meuse in…

USA

Washington DC chemical leak after freight train derails

Emergency teams in the U.S. capital have successfully sealed a leak on a freight train after it derailed on Sunday. Fourteen wagons on the CSX train

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Germany train crash: police arrest controller 'distracted by mobile phone games'

The 39-year-old is accused of being distracted by video games on his mobile phone when two trains collided head-on outside Bad Aibling, killing 11 people and leaving dozens seriously injured.