SWITZERLAND – Multiple injuries were on Monday reported after an avalanche caused a train derailment in the southwestern parts of the country. The train derailment, which likely caused injuries, occurred in the early hours in the village of Goppenstein in the canton of Valais, police said on the social media platform X. Swiss Federal Railways […]
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Fuel Train Derailment in Russia Causes Explosion
RUSSIA – A fuel train derailment in Russia’s Tambov region on Wednesday resulted to fire, after an explosion. “According to updated information at the moment, as a result of the incident at the Kochetovka station in Michurinsk, 11 tank cars with gasoline and 5 with gas caught fire. Two firefighting trains and 25 units of […]
High-Speed Train Crash in Spain Kills 39
SPAIN – At least 39 people were killed and 152 others injured in a high-speed train crash in Cordoba province Spain, according to local reports on Monday. The accident occurred around 7.40 pm local time (1840GMT) when a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, Cordoba, and encroached onto an adjacent track. This […]
Interoceanic Train derailment in Mexico’s Oaxaca State Kills 13
MEXICO – Interoceanic Train derailment in Mexico’s Oaxaca state left at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, according to officials on Sunday. Thirty-six of the injured were hospitalized and the rest sustained non-serious injuries, said the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar). The secretariat expressed its deepest condolences to the families of those who […]
Massive Fire After a Train Derailment in Russia’s Smolensk Region
RUSSIA – A train derailment in Russia’s Smolensk Region caused huge flames after 6 wagons carrying fuel caught fire. Firefighting and recovery trains arrived at the site of the incident, and the blaze was being extinguished with the help of 40 firefighters and equipment, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Explosion on a Railway Track Reported […]