3 killed, 50 injured when trains collide near Karachi
September 17th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by BNO News
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two passenger trains collided near Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on early Monday morning, killing two railway employees and a passenger and injuring more than 50 others, ... Read more...
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25 dead as Hampi Express rams into goods train in Andhra (Second Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) At least 25 people, including four children, were killed in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district early Tuesday when the Banglore-bound Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods ... Read more...
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Three dead in German train collision
April 13th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) Three people were killed and 13 injured when a local train collided with a maintenance crane near Germany's Offenbach town Friday, BBC reported.The local train, travelling ... Read more...
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Explosion near Patna junction, train driver injured
March 1st, 2012 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Patna, March 1 (IANS) A train driver was injured Thursday when a crude bomb exploded near the Patna junction, police said.According to police, a crude bomb exploded near the running room ... Read more...
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Audio recording in Argentina train accident released
February 27th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 27 (IANS/EFE) The audiotape of the communications between the commuter train that crashed last week in Argentina, killing 51 and injuring 703, and the control center does ... Read more...
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Two dead, nine hurt in four bomb attacks in Iraq
December 25th, 2011 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 25 (IANS) At least two policemen were killed and nine civilians wounded in four bomb attacks in Iraq, police said.A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol ... Read more...
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Five die in Pakistan train collision
August 30th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 25 injured when two trains collided Tuesday morning in Lahore, media reports said.The accident took place when a freight ... Read more...
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Chinese woman saved from coming under metro train
August 15th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 15 (IANS) A woman had a miraculous escape at a Shanghai metro station when she fell onto the rail tracks but the train driver saw her and slammed ... Read more...
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Alert train driver prevents tragedy
August 6th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 6 (IANS) An alert engine driver averted a major tragedy after a fire broke out in a train carrying pilgrims in this Uttar Pradesh district Saturday, ... Read more...
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Alert train driver saves 300 lives in Australia
August 1st, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 1 (IANS) An alert train driver in Australia averted a disaster and saved at least 300 lives when he stopped the train just 20 metres ahead of a ... Read more...
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Woman critical, kids safe after jumping on Metro track (Second Lead)
July 4th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A 32-year-old woman was battling for life here Monday after she jumped in front of a Delhi Metro train with her two daughters, who miraculously ... Read more...
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Act of focusing shuts out noisy world
May 29th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 29 (IANS) How can someone with perfectly normal hearing become deaf to the world around them when their mind is on something else?
New research by the University ... Read more...
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Train crash in South Africa injures more than 850
May 20th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by BNO News
JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) -- Hundreds of people were injured on late Thursday afternoon when two passenger trains collided in the South African city of Johannesburg, officials said on early Friday.The accident happened ... Read more...
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Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani catches fire, passengers safe (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Bhopal/Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Passengers of three coaches of the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express which caught fire near Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam town early Monday, had a miraculous escape with only one ... Read more...
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Rajdhani passengers recall scary experience
April 18th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) It was a miraculous escape for passengers of three coaches of the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express that caught fire near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh early Monday. ... Read more...
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Youth run over by Metro train
March 5th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A train ran over a young man at the Uttam Nagar West Metro station Saturday morning when he jumped on to the tracks to get ... Read more...
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Oz train driver wins appeal against C-word use in workplace rant
March 4th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 4 (ANI): A train driver in Australia has escaped punishment for using the C-word in a workplace rant after a court ruled that it is fine to use the taboo ... Read more...
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Driver refuses to run train due to damp seat
February 12th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 12 (IANS) A train driver in Britain walked off from work - leaving commuters stranded - when he realised that his seat was damp.Daily Express reported Saturday that when the ... Read more...
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Railways get long-delayed fog shields, but partially
January 16th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Mahendra Ved
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Five years after the plan was first mooted, Indian Railways is finally set to instal fog shields on some lines in north India, but ... Read more...
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Elephant hit by train, rescued in Uttarkhand
October 28th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
By Vipul GoelHaldwani, Oct.28 (ANI): A rescue operation on a wild elephant was carried out successfully in Tanda Range forest in Uttarakhand.A team of veterinary doctors from the G. B. Pant University ... Read more...
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Train driver may be to blame for accident
September 20th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 20 (IANS) The driver of the goods train that smashed into a stationary passenger train in Madhya Pradesh Monday killing 15 people may have ignored a signal, a railway official ... Read more...
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Blast derails Assam goods train, driver hurt
September 9th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 8 (IANS) Tribal separatists Wednesday blew up a goods train in Assam's Udalguri district, injuring the driver critically, officials said.
A police spokesman said the explosion took place around 11 p.m. ... Read more...
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Two train drivers kidnapped in Assam
August 29th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IANS) Two train drivers were kidnapped by tribal separatists Sunday from a running goods train in Assam, officials said.
A police spokesperson said heavily armed militants belonging to the outlawed ... Read more...
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Train services disrupted after ‘Maoist posters’ seen on track
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Train services on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of the South Eastern Railway (SER) were suspended for four hours Thursday after a goods train driver claimed to have seen Maoist ... Read more...
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Family pained after train driver accused of Bengal accident
July 20th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Family members of Madhab Chandra Dey, the Uttar Banga Express driver who died on the spot in the Sainthia train tragedy, are aghast at the railways finding fault ... Read more...
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Train driver, co-driver failed to prevent accident: Official
July 19th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The driver and assistant driver of the Uttar Banga Express failed to use the brake or apply the emergency brake to avoid hitting a stationary passenger train in ... Read more...
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Sabotage suspected on passenger train in Kerala
July 8th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala), July 8 (IANS) The brake pipes of a passenger train in Kerala were found snapped Thursday, said officials who suspect sabotage.
"We have reports that it (brake pipes) was cut, and ... Read more...
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Railways, police chief spar over cause of derailment
May 29th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Contesting the West Bengal administration's claim that fishplates were found removed at the site of the Gyaneshwari Express disaster, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday claimed the tracks ... Read more...
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Railways files case on Gyaneshwari Express mishap
May 29th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, May 29 (ANI): The Railways has filed a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with Friday's Gyaneshwari Express mishap in West Bengal's Jhargram in West Midnapore District, which killed over ... Read more...
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Train driver heard explosion, felt vibrations
May 28th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28 (IANS) The driver of Gyaneshwari Express heard an explosion and then felt vibrations before the Mumbai-bound passenger train derailed near here Friday, killing at least 65 ... Read more...
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Rajdhani derails in Bihar, no injuries reported (Lead)
May 25th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 25 (IANS) The New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express derailed in Bihar Tuesday but no one was hurt. A major accident was averted thanks to the train driver, who pulled the emergency ... Read more...
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Maoists blast rail track, torch diesel tankers on goods train
May 20th, 2010 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Patna, May 20 (IANS) At least 15 diesel tankers caught fire when suspected Maoists derailed a goods train by blasting the railway track and then set afire one of the tankers in ... Read more...
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Stray dog Survives Double Train Hits In A Single Day
April 9th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Clinton , Apr 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The little guy just got lucky. In fact he is now on his way to recovery after he was run over by a train ... Read more...
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Gunman takes hostage aboard Dutch train
February 19th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by BNO News
ZAANDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- A gunman briefly held a hostage after boarding a passenger train in the Dutch town of Zaandam on early Friday.Dutch police say a train operator witnessed ... Read more...
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Crack on rail track detected, train accident averted
February 19th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad-Howrah Express narrowly escaped an accident near Orissa's Rourkela station thanks to the timely detection of a crack on the rail tracks, an official said Friday.
"The gangman ... Read more...
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