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<p>A construction crane fell on to a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province. Picture: State Railway of Thailand/AP</p>

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22 killed as crane collapses on to passenger train in Thailand

A construction crane has fallen on to a passenger train in north-eastern Thailand, killing at least 22 people and injuring 64 others, officials said.

Soldiers and rescue personal work the scene of a deadly accident where a freight train slammed into a bus in Atlacomulco, Mexico (Ramses Mercado Valdes/AP)

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Train slams into bus in Mexico killing at least eight people

Danish police guide people who were involved in a passenger train derailment at the village of Bjerndrup between Kliplev and Tinglev in Southern Jutland, Denmark (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

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Train collision in Denmark leaves multiple people injured

Germany Train Derailed

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German train derailment ’caused by landslide’

Germany Train Derailed

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At least three dead after train derails in southern Germany

Germany Train Derailed

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Several hurt after passenger trail derails in southern Germany

Germany Train Attack

Four people injured in axe attack on German train, police say

Police in Straubing said the attack happened on an ICE express train headed to the Austrian capital, Vienna, while it was between Straubing and Plattling in the southern state of Bavaria

Thu, 03 Jul, 2025

Pakistan Train Attacked

Pakistan PM to meet survivors and commandos who ended insurgent train siege

Pakistan’s prime minister travelled to the restive southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued more than 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21 civilians and four troops.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

Pakistan Train Attacked

Insurgents who attacked passenger train killed 21 hostages, Pakistan army says

Insurgents who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan killed 21 hostages, the military said on Wednesday, while security forces rescued more than 300 others and killed all 50 of the assailants.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Pakistan Train Attacked

Insurgent train siege ends in Pakistan with some hostages killed

Pakistani authorities have said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with all attackers killed following a day-long standoff.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Pakistan Train Attacked

Insurgents who seized train in Pakistan ‘have killed some hostages’

Insurgents who ambushed a train carrying hundreds of people have killed some of the hostages, Pakistani authorities said.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

APTOPIX Pakistan Train Attacked

Security forces battle to free hostages on board hijacked train

Pakistani security forces have exchanged gunfire with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about 250 hostages aboard a train in the country’s rugged south-west, officials said.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

One dead, 25 injured after high-speed train and truck collide in Germany

One dead, 25 injured after high-speed train and truck collide in Germany

A collision between a high-speed train and a truck on the outskirts of the German city of Hamburg has left one person dead and 25 others injured, six of them seriously, police said.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2025

12 injured in collision between train and lorry in Germany

12 injured in collision between train and lorry in Germany

A collision between a long-distance train and an articulated lorry in Hamburg has injured 12 people, German news agency dpa reported. One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries while another was seriously injured.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

One killed and four injured after train derails in northern Norway

One killed and four injured after train derails in northern Norway

At least one person has been killed and four injured after a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed.

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

At least three people killed as passenger trains collide in Egypt

At least three people killed as passenger trains collide in Egypt

Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people – two of them children. The country’s railway authority said the crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province.

Sat, 14 Sep, 2024

Two dead and 20 injured as passenger train derails in India

Two dead and 20 injured as passenger train derails in India

A passenger train derailed on Thursday in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a rail official said. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

Fri, 19 Jul, 2024

Fatal train and bus collision in Slovakia likely due to human error – minister

Fatal train and bus collision in Slovakia likely due to human error – minister

A collision between a train and a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday that left seven people dead was likely caused by human error, the Slovak transport minister has said.

Fri, 28 Jun, 2024

Five dead as train collides with bus in Slovakia

Five dead as train collides with bus in Slovakia

A train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and five injured, officials said.

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

Freight train derails in suburban Chicago

Freight train derails in suburban Chicago

The train derailed in the village of Matteson around 10.30am local time, WGN-TV reported. No injuries have been reported

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

Train crash kills at least eight people in eastern India

Train crash kills at least eight people in eastern India

A cargo train has crashed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, killing at least eight people and injuring several others.

Mon, 17 Jun, 2024

Four people killed and 23 injured in Czech Republic train crash

Four people killed and 23 injured in Czech Republic train crash

Interior minister Vit Rakusan said the crash happened late on Wednesday in the city of Pardubice, about 62 miles east of Prague

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

Turkish rail officials jailed over crash that left 25 dead

Turkish rail officials jailed over crash that left 25 dead

Seven children were among the dead and more than 300 people were injured.

Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

Highbury Corner Magistrates Court - London

Teenager charged with attempted murder after London train stabbing

British Transport Police said it received reports of two men fighting between Beckenham and Shortlands railway stations shortly before 4pm on Wednesday

Fri, 29 Mar, 2024

Iranian armed with axe killed by police after seizing hostages on Swiss train

Iranian armed with axe killed by police after seizing hostages on Swiss train

An Iranian asylum seeker was killed by police after he used an axe and a knife to seize more than a dozen hostages for several hours on a train in western Switzerland. No passengers were injured.

Fri, 09 Feb, 2024

Deadly collision between train and truck in Czech Republic

Deadly collision between train and truck in Czech Republic

One person has died and at least 19 others were injured after a train collided with a truck in the eastern Czech Republic, officials said.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

Many injured as Chicago commuter train crashes into rail equipment

Many injured as Chicago commuter train crashes into rail equipment

A Chicago commuter train crashed into rail equipment on Thursday, injuring more than 20 people, some of them critically, fire officials said.

Thu, 16 Nov, 2023

Four killed and dozens injured as passenger train derails in eastern India

Four killed and dozens injured as passenger train derails in eastern India

All 21 coaches of the North-East Express train, on its way to the state of Assam from New Delhi, derailed near the Raghunathpur rail station in the Buxar district of the state of Bihar, magistrate Anshul Agarwal said

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

Investigation into collision at level crossing in Co Mayo

Investigation into collision at level crossing in Co Mayo

Two men injured in incident are in a stable condition in hospital

Sun, 10 Sep, 2023

Five railway workers killed by train at Italian station

Five railway workers killed by train at Italian station

A speeding work train slammed into a group of workers doing overnight track maintenance in northern Italy, killing five of them, authorities said.

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023

At least 30 killed and 60 injured after train derails in Pakistan

At least 30 killed and 60 injured after train derails in Pakistan

The death toll from a train derailment in southern Pakistan rose to 30, with the number of injured to 60 and rescue operations underway, officials said on Sunday.

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

US police officer convicted of assault after handcuffed suspect hit by train

US police officer convicted of assault after handcuffed suspect hit by train

Steinke testified that she did not know that the patrol car of another officer whom she was helping was parked on the tracks, even though they can be seen on her body camera footage along with two rail crossing signs

Fri, 28 Jul, 2023

Jacobite Express

‘Hogwarts Express’ train services cancelled amid safety concerns

The “Hogwarts Express”, officially known as The Jacobite, has been temporarily shut down by operator West Coast Railways

Fri, 21 Jul, 2023

Michael Moynihan: Cork should think about the vista it presents to visitors as they arrive

S Michael Moynihan: Cork should think about the vista it presents to visitors as they arrive

We need gates to this city — not to keep people out, but as places where we can clearly declare to one and all: 'This is Cork'

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

Jessica McLoughlin funeral

Hundreds attend funeral for mother-of-four killed by train in Sligo

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral for a mother-of-four who was killed after being struck by a train. Jessica McLoughlin died following the collision in Ballysadare, Co Sligo, on Wednesday June 14.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2023

'Adored mother' killed in Sligo train tragedy to be laid to rest on Monday

'Adored mother' killed in Sligo train tragedy to be laid to rest on Monday

They are particularly looking to speak with passengers who were on the Dublin to Sligo train service that arrived in Sligo at 2pm on Wednesday

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Families try to identify bodies after India’s deadliest train crash in decades

Families try to identify bodies after India’s deadliest train crash in decades

Families of the victims of India’s deadliest train crash in decades have filled a hospital in Bhubaneswar city to identify and collect bodies.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

Police Stock

Teenager treated in hospital following fight at railway station

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a public order disturbance at a railway station in Co Antrim. Footage circulating on social media appears to show a youth being repeatedly kicked in the head by a gang at Ballymoney railway station.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

Signal error led to rail crash that killed 275, says India minister

Signal error led to rail crash that killed 275, says India minister

The rail crash in eastern India which killed 275 people and injured hundreds of others was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system which led to a train wrongly changing tracks, India’s railways minister said on Sunday.

Sun, 04 Jun, 2023

Search for survivors ends as death toll from train accident exceeds 300

Search for survivors ends as death toll from train accident exceeds 300

With rescue work finished, authorities began clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 300 people and injuring hundreds.

Sun, 04 Jun, 2023

No more survivors found after India train crash kills more than 280

No more survivors found after India train crash kills more than 280

Rescuers found no more survivors in the wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds more in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

More than 200 killed and 900 hurt after two trains derail in India

More than 200 killed and 900 hurt after two trains derail in India

Two passenger trains derailed on Friday in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials said.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

Death toll in India rail derailment climbs to at least 120

Death toll in India rail derailment climbs to at least 120

Two passenger trains have derailed in India, killing at least 120 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged carriages, officials and media reports said.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2023

Passenger train derails in India, killing at least 50

Passenger train derails in India, killing at least 50

Two passenger trains have derailed in India, killing at least 50 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2023

Two charged after ‘Hitler speeches played on Austrian train’s intercom’

Two charged after ‘Hitler speeches played on Austrian train’s intercom’

Two people have been charged in Austria after allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna, news agency APA reported.

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Two killed after train crashes into track workers in Germany

Two killed after train crashes into track workers in Germany

The train apparently crashed into a group of people who were working on the tracks close to the town of Huerth, the German news agency dpa reported

Thu, 04 May, 2023

Three killed as train hits car at crossing in Germany

Three killed as train hits car at crossing in Germany

Three people were killed when a train hit their car at a crossing in northern Germany early on Sunday.

Sun, 23 Apr, 2023

Irish Examiner view: The sound of silence

Irish Examiner view: The sound of silence

Quiet carriages

Sat, 15 Apr, 2023

One dead and 19 in hospital after Dutch train derails in crane crash

One dead and 19 in hospital after Dutch train derails in crane crash

One person died and 19 were treated in hospital after a Dutch passenger train hit a construction crane and derailed near The Hague in the early hours of Tuesday, sending two carriages into a field next to the tracks.

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023

One dead and 30 injured after train derails near The Hague

One dead and 30 injured after train derails near The Hague

Photos from the scene showed two of the bright yellow and blue train carriages perpendicular to the tracks lying across a small canal and partially in a field.

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023