Iran

Two Iranian passenger trains collide killing 36 people

A passenger train has collided with another at a station in Iran, killing at least 36 people and injuring some 95 others.

25 November 2016

India

India investigates Uttar Pradesh train crash as death toll rises

Sunday’s train crash in northern India is known to have left at least around 120 people dead and more than 150 injured.

20 November 2016

India

Over 100 killed in train crash in northern India

A train has derailed in Uttar Pradesh state, killing over 100 people and injuring and trapping dozens of others.

20 November 2016

India

Over 100 killed in India train derailment

A train has derailed in Uttar Pradesh state, killing over 100 people and injuring and trapping dozens of others.

20 November 2016

Pakistan

Pakistan: train collision in Karachi kills 'more than 20'

A collision involving two trains in the Pakistani city of Karachi has left many victims.

3 November 2016

Cameroon

Train crash in Cameroon kills more than 50 people

Fifty-five dead and 575 injured are the provisional casualty figures following a train derailment in Cameroon.

21 October 2016

USA

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

7 October 2016

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.

29 September 2016

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.

29 September 2016

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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.

10 September 2016

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.

9 September 2016

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.

30 August 2016

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.

20 August 2016

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.

17 August 2016

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.

17 August 2016

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.

14 July 2016

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.

13 July 2016

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

13 July 2016

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.

12 July 2016

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…

12 July 2016