An attempted arson attack on a railway link in Germany’s capital with three separate explosives devices was thwarted Tuesday, police said. It was the third in two days targeting railway operations in and around Germany’s capital. A railway employee found …
Amtrak officials say they’re still not sure what caused a large piece of concrete to fall and strike a Metra locomotive in downtown Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports that the rail agency said its platforms are safe for pedestrians to …
A freight train has rear-ended a stopped train in Arlington, Texas, where at least six derailments since 1998 have raised safety concerns. Arlington Fire Department Battalion Chief Troy Brooks says three locomotives derailed and three to five cargo containers were …
Venezuela’s transportation minister says two trains have collided outside Caracas and that officials are headed to the site. Transportation Minister Francisco Garces confirmed the collision on state television Thursday, saying the two trains collided in a tunnel in Los Valles …
A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China’s commercial center. The signal failure meant trains on Line …
Police say nearly 50 people were injured when a regional train hit a car in eastern Germany. Federal police spokesman Torsten Henkel said the train crashed into the car that was hit by another vehicle and pushed onto the tracks …
An investigation into a train crash that killed 10 people in southern India has so far found that one of the trains sped up at a signal where it should have stopped, the railways minister said Wednesday. An additional 52 …
Argentine authorities say seven people are dead in a rush-hour crash in Buenos Aires involving two passenger trains and a bus whose driver drove around barriers in an attempt to beat them across the tracks. Police say 162 people are …
The California Department of Transportation says it has received nearly $25 million in federal funding to install safety equipment on the Pacific Surfliner rail line in San Diego County. The department said Wednesday it will provide matching funds so that …
A Chinese bullet train manufacturer has halted some production while it investigates equipment failures in a new setback for Beijing’s high-speed rail ambitions following a July crash that killed 40 people. Repeated delays blamed on equipment failures on the Beijing-Shanghai …