Rail passengers held up for hours
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Passengers were stranded as a train hit "material" on the track while on its way from London to Inverness.
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Staff are to receive counselling to help them cope with the ordeal, which involved the families of two employees being held hostage for over 24 hours.
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At least 79 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a high-speed train carrying more than 160 passengers and crew derailed in eastern Australia, police said.
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By SOPHIE LAM  After 16 uncomfortable hours on an overnight train and two hours in a taxi (both car and driver looked too old to be on the road), we pulled into Kottayam.
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MORE than 120 people were this morning hurt when a high-speed Tilt Train derailed in Australia. Rescue workers said it was a miracle that nobody was killed in the incident - 250 miles north of Brisbane.
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Everyone got out alive, the train operator did as he was trained and the passengers did as they were told. Still, that a small fire on a major commuter line could leave passengers gasping for air and send 152 of them to the hospital highlights just how vulnerable transit systems are to disaster.
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Up to 1,000 passengers are dead or missing from a train that was flung off its tracks by this week&#39;s massive tsunami, police said, as workers on Tuesday cremated or buried bodies from the twisted wreckage.
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Commuters in Wales were bemused when they rang up a Welsh-speaking rail inquiry line - to be greeted by Geordies.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka - Up to 1,000 passengers are dead or missing from a train that was flung off its tracks by this week&#39;s massive tsunami, police said, as workers on Tuesday cremated or buried bodies from the twisted wreckage.
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Action halted after eight-hour talks but commuters face further rush hour misery this morning.
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A lack of disabled access to trains and railway stations is being highlighted by disability campaigners.
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Sydney commuters get a day's free travel after an unprecedented protest against the city's rail network.
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Nine people became the first terror suspects to be held in British jails without being charged for longer than 14 days after a court granted police more time to quiz them as the investigation into a foiled alleged plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets continued.
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Virgin's high-speed tilting trains experience difficulties on the first day of passenger services.
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If you were to ask most British rail  travelers to describe their daily experience, chances are the  words "elegant," "romantic" and "magical" would not pass their  lips.
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Thousands of passengers face rush-hour chaos after Central line train is derailed between Bethnal Green and Mile End, transport police say.
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GOSHEN, Ind. - A mile-long freight train was ticketed by police for blocking a dozen city crossings for almost an hour as it awaited the arrival of a replacement crew...