カテゴリー: Rail transport
Rescue operations are under way after a deadly train crash in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Drone footage showed hundreds of rescuers searching for people between mangled carriages. According to South Eastern Railway, a passenger train was going …
At least 50 people have been killed and 350 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, collided with another passenger train, the Howrah Superfast Expre…
Rescue operation under way with death toll expected to rise in India’s worst rail disaster in more than 20 years‘Wailing for help’: passengers and bystanders tell of India train crash horrorAt least 288 people have been killed and 803 injured after two…
Lawyer Tungnath Chaturvedi took on the might of Indian Railways after being charged 20 rupees – or 21p – too muchAn Indian lawyer has won a 22-year legal battle with Indian Railways for overcharging him by 20 rupees (21p or 25c).When Tungnath Chaturved…
Rail firm withheld ¥43 (28p) on ‘no work, no pay’ principle, but driver says delay was not his faultA train driver in Japan is suing his employer after it docked ¥43 (28p) from his wages over a one-minute delay that he claims was not his fault.West Jap…
India’s tiny train has puffed up the Himalayas since 1881 but now the world heritage site is under threat“Darjeeling ko sano rail, hirna lai abo tyari cha / Guard le shuna bhai siti bajayo” (Darjeeling’s dainty train is all set to chug off / Oh, listen…
At least 38 people killed and up to 20 passengers trapped in wreckage of derailed Millat ExpressTwo express trains have collided in southern Pakistan, killing at least 38 passengers, as rescuers and villagers worked to pull the dead and injured from th…
A conductor, who was not qualified to drive the train, sat in the driver’s seat during his three-minute absence, in breach of the rulesA driver on one of Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains is facing disciplinary measures after he abandoned his cab to go …
Dozens of people have been killed in a train derailment on the east coast of Taiwan, the island’s worst rail disaster in decadesDozens dead after Taiwan express service derails in tunnel Continue reading…
Stations switch to humble earthen kulhads in move to cut down on toxic waste and boost incomes of village pottersA small and humble relic from India’s past is about to stage a major comeback. At all 7,000 railway stations in the country, tea will be se…
The Pakistani city’s railway is a hit with passengers, but critics say worker deaths and huge debt are too high a price to payIn a global pandemic, people across the world have avoided public transport systems where they can. But this week the Pakistan…
Authorities say move was to ‘seek blessings’ for train taking people to pilgrimage sitesIndian rail authorities allocated a berth on a train on Sunday for the Hindu god Shiva, raising eyebrows in a country led by Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu national…
The government dreamed of a metropolis that is a beacon to all but the pace of change has left some behind and others disillusionedTāmaki Makaurau, the Māori name for Auckland which can be translated as “the place desired by many”, is living up to its …
A gas canister being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded on a train between Karachi and Rawalpindi, officials have said. The resulting fire destroyed three carriages in the south of Punjab province. Most people died while trying to jump off t…
Most passengers died trying to jump off moving train to escape blaze in Punjab, say officialsAt least 70 people have died and dozens have been injured after a fire broke out on a passenger train in Pakistan.Footage showed three of the carriages engulfe…