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All You Need To Know About Europe's Deadliest Train Disasters Since 2000
The collision late on Sunday between two high-speed trains in southern Spain which has killed at least 39 people is the sixth worst rail accident in Europe since 2000.
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France's Deadliest Train Disasters in the Past 30 Years
Here is an overview of France's worst railway disasters over the past three decades, a day after the country suffered its first deadly TGV accident.
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4-Year Jail Sentence Sought for Driver in Spain Train Disaster
Public prosecutors on Tuesday called for a four-year jail term for the train driver involved in one of Spain's worst rail disasters, in which 80 people died in 2013, and that victims' families receive 42.9 million euros ($47.3 million) in compensation.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Stresses Disaster Management Training for Students
Emphasizing on disaster management training to students, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that July 4 will be observed as School Safety Awareness Day in Bihar.
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Spain train disaster: Accused driver faces charges of 'recklessness'
The driver of a train that hurtled off the rails killing 78 people in Spain faced possible charges as doctors worked today to identify the last three victims of the country's worst rail disaster in decades.
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Detained Spanish train driver refuses to answer police questioning
The driver of a speeding train that crashed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing 78 people, has refused to respond to police questioning on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash
Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
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Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster
A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each person believed to have died.
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Police say 24 bodies found in Quebec train crash
The first victim of a runaway oil train's explosive derailment in a Quebec town has been identified, more than five days since the disaster, which left behind a scorched scene so dangerous that it slowed the search for 50 people presumed dead.
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Canada train disaster: Railway blames firefighters for letting brakes loose
The US rail company at the center of Canada's worst train disaster in recent history on Tuesday blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence.
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Jnaneshwari train disaster: Mamata admits Maoist link
At least 140 people died in the Jnaneshwari train disaster last year. Six bogies of the train derailed and were then hit by a goods train in May, 2010.
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Major train collision averted near Kolkata
A major railway accident was averted in West Bengal on Sunday when two trains moving in opposite directions came within 150-200 metres of each other on the same track after one of them overshot a signal, a railway official said. The incident occurred around 3.20 p.m. near Sankrail station, some 20 km from Kolkata, in the Howrah-Kharagpur section wh...
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All You Need To Know About Europe's Deadliest Train Disasters Since 2000
The collision late on Sunday between two high-speed trains in southern Spain which has killed at least 39 people is the sixth worst rail accident in Europe since 2000.
-
France's Deadliest Train Disasters in the Past 30 Years
Here is an overview of France's worst railway disasters over the past three decades, a day after the country suffered its first deadly TGV accident.
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4-Year Jail Sentence Sought for Driver in Spain Train Disaster
Public prosecutors on Tuesday called for a four-year jail term for the train driver involved in one of Spain's worst rail disasters, in which 80 people died in 2013, and that victims' families receive 42.9 million euros ($47.3 million) in compensation.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Stresses Disaster Management Training for Students
Emphasizing on disaster management training to students, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that July 4 will be observed as School Safety Awareness Day in Bihar.
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Spain train disaster: Accused driver faces charges of 'recklessness'
The driver of a train that hurtled off the rails killing 78 people in Spain faced possible charges as doctors worked today to identify the last three victims of the country's worst rail disaster in decades.
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Detained Spanish train driver refuses to answer police questioning
The driver of a speeding train that crashed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing 78 people, has refused to respond to police questioning on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash
Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
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Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster
A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each person believed to have died.
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Police say 24 bodies found in Quebec train crash
The first victim of a runaway oil train's explosive derailment in a Quebec town has been identified, more than five days since the disaster, which left behind a scorched scene so dangerous that it slowed the search for 50 people presumed dead.
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Canada train disaster: Railway blames firefighters for letting brakes loose
The US rail company at the center of Canada's worst train disaster in recent history on Tuesday blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence.
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Jnaneshwari train disaster: Mamata admits Maoist link
At least 140 people died in the Jnaneshwari train disaster last year. Six bogies of the train derailed and were then hit by a goods train in May, 2010.
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Major train collision averted near Kolkata
A major railway accident was averted in West Bengal on Sunday when two trains moving in opposite directions came within 150-200 metres of each other on the same track after one of them overshot a signal, a railway official said. The incident occurred around 3.20 p.m. near Sankrail station, some 20 km from Kolkata, in the Howrah-Kharagpur section wh...
