A Pacific National freight train with three locomotives and 56 wagons was travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on May 31, 2022, when an empty wagon’s undercarriage, or bogie, was derailed near Kyogle.
The action follows two fatal train crashes in January, one in Adamuz in the country’s southern region which killed 46 people, and the second just two days later near Barcelona.
The railway line near Carentan, where a freight train derailed two weeks ago, will partially reopen around 14 or 15 February, while six additional weeks…
French nuclear products and services group Orano has secured a temporary solution for spent fuel shipments by rail following the derailment of a Brittany Ferries…
Brittany Ferries has implemented a contingency plan for shippers and road hauliers who normally use its intermodal road-rail freight service between Cherbourg and Bayonne-Mouguerre, which…
A train operating on Brittany Ferries’ rail highway service derailed yesterday shortly after leaving Cherbourg for Bayonne-Mouguerre, in the French Basque Country. No injuries were…
The cause of the derailment is under investigation, with ARTC working alongside the train operator and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator.
