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Reports: High-speed train derails in Turkey

AP News 10 days ago

Reports: High-speed train derails in western Turkey, no immediate reports of injuries A high-speed train derailed in western Turkey on Friday, news reports said. There were no reports of injuries. The engine and three cars of the train derailed when it tried ...

Strike-crowded Philly commuter train catches fire

AP News 19 days ago

Strike-crowded Philly commuter train catches fire during morning rush; no injuries reported Fire has broken out on a Philadelphia commuter train during the morning rush, complicating commutes hampered by the city's transit strike. Officials say no injuries have been reported. Flames were ...

Tokyo train stations use lights to stem suicides

AP News 19 days ago

Hoping to stem rise in suicide jumpers, Tokyo train stations install soothing blue lights Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope ...

At least 10 killed in Pakistan train collision

AP News 20 days ago

At least 10 people, including infant, killed in train collision in Pakistan A passenger train rammed into a cargo train outside of the southern city of Karachi on Tuesday after the driver apparently missed a signal to stop, killing 10 people including ...

Report: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger

AP Features 27 days ago

Analysis indicates that Amtrak understated losses on passenger service for most routes U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study. Amtrak operates a ...

Amtrak Subsidies

AP Features 27 days ago

FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 17, 2005, a skycap stands next to an Amtrak train waiting for passengers a platform in New York's Penn Station. U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in ...

Report: Amtrak understated passenger service loss

AP News 27 days ago

Analysis indicates that Amtrak understated losses on passenger service for most routes U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study. Amtrak operates a ...

Troops secure seized passenger train in India

AFP South Asian Edition 27 days ago

Indian troops on Tuesday secured a passenger train hours after hundreds of protesters in east India seized the high speed express and abducted its driver and his assistant, officials said. "All the passengers are safe," Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced in New ...

Alstom wins euro800M train order from SNCF

AP News 27 days ago

Alstom wins contract to supply regional trains to France's SNCF for euro800M Alstom SA said Tuesday it has signed a contract worth euro800 million ($1.2 billion) to supply 100 regional trains to French railway operator SNCF. The contract is part of the ...

Water buffalo behind Egypt train crash

AP Features 29 days ago

An errant water buffalo caused two Egyptian passenger trains to collide at high speed south of Cairo, killing 18 people and wounding 39, the Health Ministry announced Sunday in a revised toll. The first passenger train stopped after hitting the buffalo, which ...

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