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One of the passengers who was aboard a train that derailed in O Porrino in north-western Spain, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, described the ordeal from the near the scene of the crash, Friday. Some 60 people were onboard the train, travelling on the Vigo-Oporto route, when it derailed close to the town's station. The train crashed into a part of bridge, forcing the first of the three carriages completely off the rail tracks.
The world’s longest and most expensive railway tunnel opens on Wednesday in Switzerland.
European leaders ride the Gotthard tunnel through the heart of the Alps on its on opening day, in an engineering marvel hailed as a symbol of European unity despite E.U. divisions. Mana Rabiee reports.
Seventeen years of Swiss engineering equals the Gotthard base tunnel - now the world's largest rail tunnel. As Grace Pascoe reports, the tunnel aims to shorten travel times between northern and southern Europe.
At least five people were injured and rail service disrupted when two passenger trains collided in Switzerland during the Friday morning commute. Mana Rabiee reports.
At least nine people were killed Saturday after a train coach parked in southern India caught fire when a passenger tried to make tea, officials said. The coach, which had been detached from a train, was stationed at the Madurai railway yard in the southern state of Tamil Nadu when the fire broke out before dawn. Local media reports said the passengers had illegally smuggled aboard a gas cylinder which exploded when they tried to use it. IMAGES
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