At least four people have died and 63 injured when a train derailed in New York, says an official.
A Spanish train was hurtling around a curve at 179kph, more than twice the speed limit, when it leapt off the tracks in a fatal disaster.
The driver of a train wreck in Spain was responding to a phone call from the rail company when the crash took place, according to a court report.
Investigators have been working to determine the cause of a train crash near Paris that has claimed six lives.
Train services have been interrupted as a result of an accident between two commuter trains that collided near Pretoria.
A Metrorail train driver has been critically injured after two passenger trains collided in Pretoria.
At least 19 people have been killed and 24 others were injured when a truck collided with a train at a level crossing in Malelane, Mpumalanga.
Two trains ferrying several hundred passengers collided head-on in Meadowlands, Soweto on Thursday evening.
A luxury train derailed outside Pretoria on Wednesday, killing three people including a woman and her baby, born just after the accident.
At least 15 people were killed and 50 injured in Italy when a train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes.
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/ 5 February 2009
The driver of one of the trains destroyed in crashes on Monday has been suspended, the South African Rail Commuter Corporation said on Thursday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Two accident-hit train lines resumed normal services on Tuesday, as Metrorail announced a number of safety interventions.
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/ 3 February 2009
Signal failure is the likely cause behind the two train crashes on Monday, Railway Safety Regulator spokesperson Kwazi Kwaza said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 February 2009
About 160 commuters, including a pregnant woman, were injured when two Jo’burg-bound Metrorail passenger trains collided with each other on Monday.