Swiss Conductor Misses Her Own Train
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Even employees of the famously punctual Swiss railroads can miss a train.  Last week, a train left the station at Aigle, in the French-speaking west of Switzerland, without its conductor and with its doors wide open, the Swiss railroad company confirmed Tuesday.
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By staff writers and wires. THE track where a passenger train was derailed in Queensland today, injuring more than 100 people, was inspected just hours before the crash, it has emerged.
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PARIS (BBC News) - Train service in France has almost returned to normal levels as strikes by rail workers over pension reform plans wind down.  High speed TGV trains were operating normally and most regional trains were running, said rail operator SNCF.  Eurostar trains between London and Paris were also running normally as thousands of England and South Africa fans streamed into the French capital to watch their teams play. The protest stems from plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to end retirement privileges which let some public sector workers retire at 50 on full pensions. German Locomotive Engineers to resume Strike Monday BERLIN (Tagesschau) - Locomotive Engineers Union GDL has announced it will begin another round of potentially crippling strikes on Monday against Deutsche Bahn, the German rail network and Germany's largest employer. This week's strikes caused some disruption, but failed to achieve the desired full paralysis of German rail due to an injunction forbidding strikers to shut down freight and long-distance rail, but GDL deputy boss Claus Weselsky told the German press Saturdays that the union is actively seeking to overturn the court order, and cautioned Germans dependent on rail as a means of travel to be prepared for a worsening of conditions next week.
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Record-breaking adventurer took off in Nevada yesterday morning but did not return as scheduled.
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A crucial element was missing from a set of points near the Cumbria train crash site, the BBC has learned.
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London Underground has launched an investigation after a near miss between two tube trains at one of the busiest stations on the network, it emerged today.
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CHICAGO - An Amtrak passenger traveling with her ailing father waited nearly 23 hours and about 1,000 miles to tell authorities he had died so she could avoid the cost of shipping the body home, police said.
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I was young. I was shy and naive. I had little money and spoke only English. I needed to get to Munich, Germany, by train from Barcelona, Spain, through Switzerland for a seminar in Germany and a volunteer work ...
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Grumbling about trains is part of the way of life, but one commuter has decided to do something about it -- by starting his own railway.
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GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 5 -- For hours Liu Xuemei waited outside Guangzhou's main train station. A chilly drizzle set in, and she waited some more. Dusk approached, and still she waited.
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A convicted murderer goes missing after failing to return to prison following a work placement in the city.
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ZURICH (Switzerland): Zurich officials Tuesday abandoned plans to lead a joint Swiss bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics because the city would be unable to afford its portion.
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Train services across most of France were to be disrupted for the third day running as rail workers protested the rape of a woman ticket inspector this week that they said highlighted rising violence in carriages and stations.
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Margot Hendricks is only missing one thing to make the atmosphere surrounding this year's German Christmas service just like home - snow.
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A crew member aboard a commuter train that dragged a passenger to his death may not have been correctly positioned to watch the platform as the car pulled away, authorities said Wednesday.
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A UMR professor s daughter is missing after stealing her mother s credit card to fly to the United Kingdom.
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Why the conductor for the Boston Pops Orchestra avoids music during his downtime.