rail accidents and safety

A freight train derailed and caught fire in Columbus, Ohio, early on Wednesday, forcing residents close by to evacuate their homes.

A rail traffic controller in Poland will face charges over last weekend’s train crash that killed 16 people and injured scores more.

An investigation has been launched into the deadly train crash in southern Poland on Saturday night that killed at least 15 people and injured another 59.

At a hotly contested professional soccer match in Beijing on Aug. 1, the crowd set aside rivalry in an apparently spontaneous act of mourning for the victims of the July 23 high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, China.

In the aftermath of the deadly high-speed train collision in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, complaints from family members of the victims have intensified.