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                                                                                                       Why Do Trains Slow Down Before Tunnels And Bridges? 5 Reasons You Should Know
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
 - Travel | Written by Nikita Nikhil, Edited by Shubham Bhatnagar
 
If you have ever noticed your train slowing before entering a tunnel or crossing a bridge, there is a reason - five of them, in fact.
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 www.ndtv.com/travel 
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                                                                                                       1st Freight Train With Supplies For Army Reaches Kashmir, Returns With Apples
- Monday September 15, 2025
 - India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
 
In a first, a freight train delivered winter supplies to the Indian Army in Kashmir's Anantnag even as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for nearly three weeks.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       10 Killed, Over 60 Injured After Mexican Train Hits Double-Decker Bus
- Tuesday September 9, 2025
 - World News | Reuters
 
Ten people were killed and at least 61 were injured in central Mexico when a freight train smashed into a double-decker passenger bus, which the train operator said had been attempting to pass in front of the moving train.
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                                                                                                       600 Kilometres In 18 Hours: First Freight Train Reaches Kashmir's Anantnag
- Sunday August 10, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
The first freight train arrived in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as the Northern Railway opened its Anantnag goods shed under its larger Udhampur-Srinagar"-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project for the movement of goods, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       India To Launch Its First Car Ferry Train Service Between Mumbai And Goa During Ganesh Chaturthi
- Wednesday July 23, 2025
 - Travel | Edited by Neha Grover
 
Konkan Railway to commence India's first car ferry train from Mumbai to Goa. The freight charge is Rs 7,875 per car for a one-way journey.
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 www.ndtv.com/travel 
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                                                                                                       Goods Train Derails in UP's Amroha, 15 Trains Cancelled Or Diverted
- Saturday July 20, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Twelve wagons of a Delhi-bound freight train derailed near the Amroha railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       4 Dead, Dozens Injured As Trains Collide In Czech Republic
- Thursday June 6, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Four people died and dozens were injured when an express train crashed head-on with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice late Wednesday, an emergency services spokesperson said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       4 Killed, Dozens Injured In Trains Crash In Czech Republic
- Thursday June 6, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Four people died and dozens were injured when an express train crashed with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice late on Wednesday, rescuers said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       2 Wagons Of Goods Train Derail Near Jammu, Traffic Hit For Over An Hour
- Sunday May 26, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Two wagons of a freight train derailed near Jammu on Sunday, causing disruption in the train traffic between Jammu and Katra railway stations for over an hour, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Freight Train Runs Driverless For 75 Km In Jammu. What Investigation Reveals
- Tuesday February 27, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
A probe into the incident of the driver-less running of a freight train for about 70 km from Kathua (Jammu) to Ucchi Bassi Station (Punjab) in Jammu Tawi-Pathankot section has blamed that both the driver as well as the station master
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Railway Probe After 50-Coach Runaway Train's 70-km Journey Without Driver
- Monday February 26, 2024
 - India News | Agence France-Presse
 
Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km (43 miles) without a driver.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Railways Shares Video Of India's Most Powerful Electric Locomotive: ''Beast Of...''
- Monday December 4, 2023
 - Offbeat | Edited by Ritu Singh
 
Named 'Wag12B', these electric locomotives of12,000 horsepower (HP) are the country's most powerful indigenous locomotives, and are used for freight service.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       US Train Derailment Spills Molten Sulfur, Prompts Evacuations, Disrupts Thanksgiving
- Thursday November 23, 2023
 - World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
 
A train derailment involving 16 cars, two of which spilled molten sulfur, sparked a fire north of Livingston, Kentucky.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       5 Dead After Freight Train Rams SUV At Rail Crossing In Florida
- Sunday September 24, 2023
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Five people were killed Saturday night after a freight train crashed into an SUV at a rail crossing in the US state of Florida, police said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       8 Killed In Thailand After Freight Train Hits Truck Crossing Railway Track
- Friday August 4, 2023
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Eight people were killed on Friday when a freight train hit a pick-up truck trying to cross the tracks in central Thailand, the kingdom's railway agency said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
 
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                                                                                                       Why Do Trains Slow Down Before Tunnels And Bridges? 5 Reasons You Should Know
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
 - Travel | Written by Nikita Nikhil, Edited by Shubham Bhatnagar
 
If you have ever noticed your train slowing before entering a tunnel or crossing a bridge, there is a reason - five of them, in fact.
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 www.ndtv.com/travel 
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                                                                                                       1st Freight Train With Supplies For Army Reaches Kashmir, Returns With Apples
- Monday September 15, 2025
 - India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
 
In a first, a freight train delivered winter supplies to the Indian Army in Kashmir's Anantnag even as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for nearly three weeks.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       10 Killed, Over 60 Injured After Mexican Train Hits Double-Decker Bus
- Tuesday September 9, 2025
 - World News | Reuters
 
Ten people were killed and at least 61 were injured in central Mexico when a freight train smashed into a double-decker passenger bus, which the train operator said had been attempting to pass in front of the moving train.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       600 Kilometres In 18 Hours: First Freight Train Reaches Kashmir's Anantnag
- Sunday August 10, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
The first freight train arrived in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as the Northern Railway opened its Anantnag goods shed under its larger Udhampur-Srinagar"-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project for the movement of goods, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       India To Launch Its First Car Ferry Train Service Between Mumbai And Goa During Ganesh Chaturthi
- Wednesday July 23, 2025
 - Travel | Edited by Neha Grover
 
Konkan Railway to commence India's first car ferry train from Mumbai to Goa. The freight charge is Rs 7,875 per car for a one-way journey.
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 www.ndtv.com/travel 
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                                                                                                       Goods Train Derails in UP's Amroha, 15 Trains Cancelled Or Diverted
- Saturday July 20, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Twelve wagons of a Delhi-bound freight train derailed near the Amroha railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       4 Dead, Dozens Injured As Trains Collide In Czech Republic
- Thursday June 6, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Four people died and dozens were injured when an express train crashed head-on with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice late Wednesday, an emergency services spokesperson said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       4 Killed, Dozens Injured In Trains Crash In Czech Republic
- Thursday June 6, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Four people died and dozens were injured when an express train crashed with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice late on Wednesday, rescuers said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       2 Wagons Of Goods Train Derail Near Jammu, Traffic Hit For Over An Hour
- Sunday May 26, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Two wagons of a freight train derailed near Jammu on Sunday, causing disruption in the train traffic between Jammu and Katra railway stations for over an hour, officials said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Freight Train Runs Driverless For 75 Km In Jammu. What Investigation Reveals
- Tuesday February 27, 2024
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
A probe into the incident of the driver-less running of a freight train for about 70 km from Kathua (Jammu) to Ucchi Bassi Station (Punjab) in Jammu Tawi-Pathankot section has blamed that both the driver as well as the station master
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Railway Probe After 50-Coach Runaway Train's 70-km Journey Without Driver
- Monday February 26, 2024
 - India News | Agence France-Presse
 
Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km (43 miles) without a driver.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Railways Shares Video Of India's Most Powerful Electric Locomotive: ''Beast Of...''
- Monday December 4, 2023
 - Offbeat | Edited by Ritu Singh
 
Named 'Wag12B', these electric locomotives of12,000 horsepower (HP) are the country's most powerful indigenous locomotives, and are used for freight service.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       US Train Derailment Spills Molten Sulfur, Prompts Evacuations, Disrupts Thanksgiving
- Thursday November 23, 2023
 - World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
 
A train derailment involving 16 cars, two of which spilled molten sulfur, sparked a fire north of Livingston, Kentucky.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       5 Dead After Freight Train Rams SUV At Rail Crossing In Florida
- Sunday September 24, 2023
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Five people were killed Saturday night after a freight train crashed into an SUV at a rail crossing in the US state of Florida, police said.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       8 Killed In Thailand After Freight Train Hits Truck Crossing Railway Track
- Friday August 4, 2023
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Eight people were killed on Friday when a freight train hit a pick-up truck trying to cross the tracks in central Thailand, the kingdom's railway agency said.
-  
 www.ndtv.com