French teen sleeping on rail tracks survives being crushed by passing train

September 24th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - One man died and several people were injured as two cargo trains collided and hit a passenger train Thursday night near Rotterdam, Dutch police said. The driver of one of the cargo trains died and, according to police, "relatively few others were injured" when two cargo trains collided around 10.30 p.m.

September 24th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Several people were injured as two cargo trains collided and hit a passenger train near Rotterdam Thursday night, according to Dutch police. Police said "there were relatively few injured" after the two cargo trains collided at about 10.30 p.m.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A suspected car thief was arrested in China last Thursday, while he was found sleeping inside a vehicle. Police in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, suspect that the unnamed man was planning to steal the car he was found sleeping in.

September 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Railway Ministry has 'technically' accepted India's proposal regarding a South Asian regional train service running between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The Railway Ministry has sent the proposal to Foreign Affairs and the Commerce Ministry for further action, The Dawn reports.

September 3rd, 2009 UK's National Express gets sweetened takeover bidLONDON — The partners bidding to take over National Express Group PLC on Thursday tabled a final indicative offer that values the bus and train operator at 765 million pounds ($1.25 billion). The offer by the Cosmen family and CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

August 26th, 2009 Britain considers new high-speed rail to ScotlandLONDON — Britain's rail operator says it has plans for a new high-speed rail line that could get travelers from London to Scotland in two hours. Network Rail said on Wednesday it has developed proposals for a 34 billion pound ($55 billion) new line through cities in western Britain, including Manchester and Liverpool.

July 29th, 2009 NANNING - Four people died and 34 were injured after a train derailed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early Wednesday, authorities said. Train 1473, from Xiangfan of central Hubei province to Zhanjiang of Guangdong province, derailed at 4.22 a.m.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Come March 2010 and all calls to Britain's National Rail Enquiries would be handled by Indian call center executives. The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), which runs railway inquiry services in Britain, has inked a deal with an India call centre firm to handle all queries regarding railway time-tables and other related services, The BBC reports.

July 19th, 2009 WASINGTON - At least 60 people were injured when two light-rail trains collided at a station in San Francisco Saturday, local media reported. One train slammed into the back of another train standing at a platform at about 3 p.m., the CBS 5 television news reported.

July 1st, 2009 National Express drops London-Edinburgh rail lineLONDON — National Express Group PLC said Wednesday that it will give up its money-losing franchise to operate passenger service on the London-Edinburgh rail line, blaming the recession. The company also braced for a fight with the government to hold on to another rail franchise in eastern England and announced that its chief executive, Richard Bowker, would step down at the end of August to become CEO of Union Railway in the United Arab Emirates.

June 24th, 2009 BEIJING - As part of its ambitious plan, the Chinese Railway Ministry is planning to spread thirty-five high-speed rail lines measuring 11,000 kilometres throughout the country. China Daily quoted Zheng Jian, chief planner with railway ministry, as saying that around 13,000 kilometres of high-speed railways, capable of handling trains travelling at more than 200 kilometres/hour, could be completed and put into service by 2012.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two subway trains crashed into each other at the height of the evening rush hour on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring several others. A female driver of one of the trains is among the dead.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - A new study has suggested that greenhouse gas emissions generated by trains are much more higher than those produced by an airplane. Unlike previous studies on transport emissions, this one looks beyond what is emitted by different types of car, train, bus or plane while their engines are running and includes emissions from building and maintaining the vehicles and their infrastructure, as well as generating the fuel to run them.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain will have the fastest and most frequent train service in the world by the year 2021. According to The Times, the train is expected to run between London and Birmingham.

February 16th, 2009 LONDON - It must have been one of Britain's most passionate places but now the rule in Warrington Bank Quay's station is: 'No kissing, we're British.' No-kissing signs were put up at the station's taxi and drop-off zone designated for rail travellers, as outbreaks of passion appeared to threaten the punctuality of traffic at the station operated by - yes - Virgin Rail. The company declared Monday that the signs were 'a light-hearted way' of encouraging travellers not to clog the often crowded station, which is located on the rail lines between London and Glasgow as well as Birmingham and Scotland.