Topic: Freight train derailment

Europe’s busiest mixed traffic route blocked after freight train derailment

The West Coast Main Line, which connects London with Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, is blocked by a freight train derailment. The incident happened overnight,…
Locomotive derailment in the Czech Republic slows rail freight down

Tuesday morning around 9 am a freight train locomotive derailed in the Cheb railway station, in the Western Czech Republic, close to the border with…
Ukrainian Railways train derails in Romania after unloading grain cargo

A train operated by the Ukrainian Railways derailed in the Iasi prefecture in Romania. The train had just unloaded grain at the Constanta port and…

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Freight train derailment in Sweden leads to 7-day line closure

A freight train derailed in Trelleborg’s rail freight terminal in Sweden. The derailment occurred under unknown circumstances but destroyed substantial parts of the rail track.…

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Derailed freight train in Congo leaves several dead and injured

The derailment of a freight train in Lubudi, southern Congo, caused the death of more than 70 people and injured more than 100, reported local…
Report: Freight train derailed on line laid in 2012

UK rail investigators say a freight train which derailed last month left the track near a section which had only been laid in 2012. No-one…