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Report released after Surrey train derails after hitting track left after engineering work

Guest authors
February 17, 2025
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released a report after a train in Surrey derailed after hitting a section of rail.

Strong winds, temperature and a hole in a snow gallery are behind Iron Ore Line derailment

Guest authors
February 11, 2025
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The derailment on Sweden’s Iron Ore Line on 24 February 2024 was caused by strong winds, temperature difference between the ground and air, and a…

Cause of Cumbrian train derailment revealed

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January 28, 2025
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into a train derailment at Grange-over-Sands back on the 22nd March 2024. At around 06:05, a…

2 killed, 3 injured when freight train derails in small West Texas city after collision

Brian Evans
December 22, 2024
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Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed.

V/Line derails cheap VLocity rolling stock at Southern Cross

Bardy Bigglesworth
December 1, 2024
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Derailing a Vlocity at Spencer St Station and causing some major disruption this evening.

Major freight train collision in south of Poland

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November 21, 2024
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Two freight trains have collided in Silesia, southern Poland. A train driver was taken to the hospital for observation, but seems to have gotten away…

UK urgent rail safety alert after freight derailment

Simon Walton
October 28, 2024
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British rail operations could be disrupted by a safety critical fault uncovered during investigations following a freight derailment in Manchester.

Manchester derailment prompts urgent bridge safety review across UK

Simon Walton
October 25, 2024
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A UK government department has taken the unusual step of issuing an official “Urgent Safety Advice” following the derailment of an aggregates train in Manchester…

Climate change likely major factor in Iron Ore Line derailments

Guest authors
October 9, 2024
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Two derailments in short succession on the Swedish Malmbanan, or Iron Ore Line in English, sparked suspicions of sabotage. Now that the investigations for the…

Manchester crash recovery pictures and investigation underway

Simon Walton
September 25, 2024
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Britain’s official crash scene investigators, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), has formally declared its interests in the recent freight derailment in Manchester. The RAIB…