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.

22 December 2017

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

20 December 2017

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

19 December 2017

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.

19 December 2017

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.

18 December 2017

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

5 December 2017

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.

27 November 2017

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

26 October 2017

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

11 August 2017

Egypt

At least 36 dead after trains collide in Egypt

11 August 2017

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.

10 August 2017

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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.

28 July 2017

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

28 July 2017

Spain

Dozens hurt in Barcelona train crash

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

28 July 2017

Poland

Watch: Train ploughs into car at level crossing in Poland

This is the moment a train ploughs into a car in Poland.

28 February 2017

Belgium

Train derailment in Belgium kills one person, injures dozens more

A train has derailed shortly after leaving the Belgian city of Leuven, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more.

18 February 2017

Luxembourg

Train ignores stop sign in Luxembourg, crashes into another, killing one driver

Two trains have collided after one ignored a stop sign in Luxembourg near the French border, killing one person and injuring six.

14 February 2017

Luxembourg

Fatal train collision in Luxembourg near French border

One person has died and six people have been injured following the collision between a goods and passenger train in Luxembourg near the French border.

14 February 2017

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USA: train smashes into lorry

A train ploughed into a lorry after an apparent problem at a railroad crossing in Utah.

25 January 2017

India

Foul play not ruled out in deadly train derailment in eastern India

At least 36 people were killed when nine carriages of an express train came off the tracks in the state of Andhra Pradesh

22 January 2017