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World News (Morning) for November 10th, 2008

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:30:40 GMT

Zimbabwe: MDC reject SADC demands - Congo fighting hampers aid work - Nuclear protests in Germany

Civil servant fined for secrets offence

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:26:21 GMT

A senior civil servant has been fined ?2,500 for breaching the Official Secrets Act after leaving sensitive documents on a train.

World News (Evening)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:55:50 GMT

Mccain will join in debate - Terror suspects arrested on KLM flight - Pakistan blast kills four

World news (Evening) for September 26th, 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:20:41 GMT

US financial bail-out talks - Terror suspects arrested on KLM flight - Pakistan train blast kills four

Network Rail must reduce disruption

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:42 GMT

Network Rail has been told disruption to passengers' journeys through engineering work must reduce by over a third in the next five years.

Thirteen dead in Indian train inferno

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:44:02 GMT

At least 13 people have been killed by a fire which spread through a train in southeastern India while many passengers were sleeping.

World News (Evening) for July 17th, 2008

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:47:45 GMT

Funerals held for Israeli soldiers - Pope critical of society - Four cleared of Madrid train bombings

Egypt train crash kills 42

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:34:46 GMT

Egypt's worst train crash in two years has left 42 people dead.

Court clears Madrid train bomb suspects

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:19:51 GMT

A Spanish court has cleared four men of crimes related to the Madrid train bombings which killed 191 in 2004, and jailed three others.

Chile stripper strips on subway

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:58:49 GMT

A woman who has got bored with underground train journeys in Chile has decided to strip.

Passengers less happy about trains

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:33:46 GMT

Passenger satisfaction levels have fallen in the last year for the majority of train companies, a watchdog has announced.

Olympic Fever

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:26:33 GMT

Students at one of China's elite sports school are spending hours every day honing their skills for sporting glory.

Plans for new high-speed rail

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:29:30 GMT

Rail chiefs have opened up the prospect of five new lines to cope with rising passenger demand.

Six-figure bonuses for rail bosses

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:27:27 GMT

Network Rail bosses are to receive six-figure bonuses after announcing profits of ?1.2 billion in the year to the end of March.

World News (Lunchtime) for May 26th, 2008

Mon, 26 May 2008 15:58:44 GMT

Explosion on train in Sri Lanka - Tornadoes claim 8 lives in US - NASA celebrates touchdown

Rail travel simplified

Sun, 18 May 2008 11:58:54 GMT

New rules aimed at making it easier to buy train tickets have come into force.

Seventy die in Chinese train crash

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:49:05 GMT

At least 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured after two passenger trains collided in eastern China.

Crook squares off with train drivers

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:19:57 GMT

Actor Mackenzie Crook came face-to-face with protesting train drivers at the premiere of his new film on railway suicides.

Greek train crash injures dozens

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:22:17 GMT

A passenger train derailed outside the city of Larisa in central Greece injuring dozens of people.

Indonesia cracks down on train surfing

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:32:10 GMT

Some Indonesian commuters are opting for a less conventional way of riding the train to work.

Rail guards vote to strike

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:53:54 GMT

Hundreds of rail guards at a leading train company have voted to go on strike.

Rail misery set to continue

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:26:41 GMT

The rail travel misery for thousands of commuters is set to continue, with parts of West Coast Main Line set to remain closed on Thursday.

Train derailment sparks blaze in Ohio

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:33:39 GMT

A train derailment has triggered an explosion in northeast Ohio.

Train derailment sparks blaze in Ohio

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:44:52 GMT

A train derailment has triggered an explosion in northeast Ohio.

Commuters hit hard by train delays

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:08:36 GMT

Commuters have suffered long delays across the country following an electrical supply problem.

Passenger train crashes near Athens

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:12:58 GMT

Fifty-three people have been injured in a head-on passenger train crash near Athens.

Train fare hike

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:40:40 GMT

Rail passengers in the East Midlands are facing annual fare increases of nearly 3.5 per cent above the rate of inflation.

Air travellers offered train option

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:42:41 GMT

Environmental campaigners have been attempting to encourage air travellers to go green by offering them free train tickets.

Australian train crash kills 11

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:50:47 GMT

A train has hit a lorry at a level-crossing in the Australian state of Victoria, killing 11 people and injuring 24 others.

French train sets new rail speed record

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:37:06 GMT

A French train has smashed the world rail speed record by travelling at 356mph.

French train sets new rail speed record

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:30:47 GMT

French manufacturing company Alstom's ambition has set a new world rail speed record, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph).

Train wreckage operation continues

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:32:44 GMT

Work to fully reopen the West Coast Mainline is continuing as engineers remove the wreckage of the Cumbria rail crash.

One dead in Norfolk train crash

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:08:21 GMT

At least one person was killed when a rush-hour train hit a car on a level crossing at 100mph.

Train wreckage operation begins

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:07:34 GMT

Work to remove the wreckage of the Virgin train that derailed in Cumbria is getting under way.

700 points checked after rail crash

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:48:16 GMT

Up to 700 set of points across the entire rail network are to be checked as a "precaution" following the Cumbria crash.

Madrid train bombings trial begins

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:08:34 GMT

Spain is on high alert as 29 people go on trial charged over the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and injured 2,000.