Train crashes
Salisbury train crash: clearance of leaves delayed by engineering work
Accident inspectors found many areas around site ‘had a medium or heavy level of contamination’
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
21, Feb, 2022 @1:18 PM
Salisbury train crash may have been caused by leaves on line
Investigators say early findings point to ‘low adhesion between wheels and track’
Gwyn Topham and Steven Morris
02, Nov, 2021 @5:36 PM
Does Salisbury train crash point to wider problems on the network?
Analysis: while UK railways have an excellent safety record, dangerous incidents have been increasing in frequency
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
01, Nov, 2021 @7:35 PM
Salisbury train crash driver suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries
Investigators try to establish cause of collision that left 13 passengers needing treatment
Steven Morris, Jem Bartholomew and Caroline Bannock
01, Nov, 2021 @9:08 AM
Kembla Grange train crash: four injured after train hits car and derails near Wollongong
Ambulance chief describes ‘chaotic scene’ with power lines draped over the carriages
Guardian staff and Australian Associated Press
19, Oct, 2021 @9:43 PM
At least three killed in Amtrak train derailment in Montana
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear and federal safety authorities will investigate
Associated Press in Joplin, Montana
26, Sep, 2021 @3:04 PM
Taiwan train crash: dozens dead after express service derails in tunnel
At least 50 people die as train crashes near Hualien City at the start of holiday weekend
Helen Davidson in Taipei
02, Apr, 2021 @3:35 PM
'I couldn't bear to look': Taiwan train crash survivors tell of escape
Passengers crawl from carriages and walk along train roof to emerge from tunnel after deadly derailment
Helen Davidson in Taipei
02, Apr, 2021 @3:18 PM
Stonehaven train crash: three dead after derailment in Aberdeenshire
Passenger, driver and conductor killed after four carriages leave track in flood-hit area
Libby Brooks and Gwyn Topham
12, Aug, 2020 @8:18 PM
Stonehaven tragedy highlights threat to rail from climate crisis
Fatal derailment after heavy rains exposes growing danger posed by extreme weather
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
12, Aug, 2020 @7:07 PM
From showpiece to goat track: the long, dangerous decline of Sydney-to-Melbourne rail travel
Last week’s tragic derailment of an XPT passenger train was the culmination of decades of neglect
Royce Kurmelovs
25, Feb, 2020 @11:53 PM
Victoria train derailment: driver wrote of faults on line before fatal crash
John Kennedy, who was killed along with his pilot when train derailed, emailed concerns to a friend less than a month before
Melissa Davey
24, Feb, 2020 @4:14 AM
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