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…

12 July 2016

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…

6 June 2016

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

6 June 2016

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…

6 June 2016

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

2 May 2016

World News

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.

12 April 2016

USA

Two dead in US train derailment

Two people are confirmed dead after the derailment of a train in the US. The Amtrak train came off the tracks near Philadelphia. The train was

3 April 2016

Thailand

Deadly collision between train and double-decker bus in Thailand

A train has collided with a double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists at an unguarded railway crossing in central Thailand. Local media say three

3 April 2016

Netherlands

Deadly train crash in Netherlands

One person has been killed and at least 10 others injured when a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands near the town of Dalfsen, some 120 kilometres east of Amsterdam.

23 February 2016

Germany

Train controller admits responsibility for Bad Aibling crash

A train area controller has admitted responsibility for a rail crash near Bad Aibling, Bavaria, which killed 11 men, aged 24-59, and wounded dozens

16 February 2016

Germany

Final toll given of deaths and injuries in German train crash

Officials refuse to speculate about what caused led to the head-on collision in Bavaria

10 February 2016

Germany

Human error may be to blame for Bavaria rail collision

Human error is at the centre of an investigation into a train crash that killed 10 people in southern Germany. At least 80 others were injured when

10 February 2016

Germany

'Human error responsible' for deadly Bad Aibling train crash - sources

German media, quoting sources close to investigation, cite human error as cause of collision At least 10 dead 81 injured, 18 in serious condition Two

9 February 2016

World News

Two commuter trains collide head-on in Germany

Reports from the scene in Bavaria suggest at least eight dead

9 February 2016

Italy

Seventy injured in Sardinia metro collision

Dozens of passengers have been injured in a metro train collision in the Sardinian regional capital of Cagliari. At around 8 am local time two

20 January 2016

World News

Sulphuric acid spills as freight train derails in Australia

Extreme weather has hampered recovery efforts after a freight train transporting some 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed in the Australian

28 December 2015

France

Excessive speed caused deadly train derailment in France

Excessive speed caused the derailment of a high speed French TGV train, in which 11 people were killed. Train operator SNCF said it entered a bend at

20 November 2015

France

TGV: at least ten die as train plunges into canal

It is reported at least ten people have died after a TGV derailed in north-eastern France. The high-speed train was carrying out tests at Eckwersheim

14 November 2015

Germany

Germany: train collides with lorry in Bavaria, killing at least 1 person

A train crash in northern Bavaria on Thursday night killed at least one person and wounded several more, German media reported. The passenger train

6 November 2015

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

10 August 2015