Here’s some background information about major rail accidents since 1900. Notable International Rail Accidents January 1915 – Guadalajara, Mexico: More than 600 people die when a train derails into a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADRID, Spain — At least 41 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern ...

Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country ...

TODAY marks 25 years since a driver nodding off at the wheel triggered a catastrophic chain of events that left 10 people ...

The death toll in Spain’s deadliest rail disaster in over a decade rose to 41 Tuesday, as the country began three days of national mourning for the victims of the high-speed collision. The crash took ...

Grooves were found on wheels of the Iryo train that had already passed over the track before the derailment [Spain's CIAF] A fracture in a straight section of track "occurred prior to the passage" of ...

Twenty five years have passed since the worst rail disaster of the 21st century, but for those whose lives were shattered ...

Tomorrow, train conductors in Spain start a three-day strike to call for better safety on the nation's rail network. This comes after a train collision in January that killed 46 people. The ...