Tag: train

  • Thai woman dies after being hit by train while taking selfie

    A Thai woman died after being hit by a train while taking a selfie on the railway track, police said on Friday. “Walailak Sukuma, 28, was proclaimed dead at a Bangkok hospital hours after an oncoming train hit her and her friend while the pair was taking a selfie, Wissanusak Suebin,’’ a police investigator in…

  • FG to increase Abuja-Kaduna train fare – Amaechi

    The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal Government may increase the transport fares of the rail services on the Abuja-Kaduna route following the inauguration of 10 new luxurious coaches. Mr. Ameachi announced this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja,…

  • High speed train crashes in Philadelphia, injures 44

    More than 44 people were injured when a train crashed into another train that was parked at a station in suburban Philadelphia. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) said the crash happened around 12:15 am on Tuesday. An inbound Norristown High-Speed Line train crashed into an unoccupied, parked train at the 69th Street Terminal in…

  • 56 injured in Barcelona train crash

    At least 56 people were injured when a train crashed as it was entering a central station in Barcelona during the morning rush on Friday, the Regional Emergency Officials said. The regional commuter train was travelling from the ocean-side village of Sant Vicenc de Calders to the north-eastern Spanish city. The train derailed as it…

  • Video: German inspectors forcefully drag Nigerian man out of train

    Inspectors of the S-Bahn Munich in Germany pulled a 48-year-old Nigerian from the train by force. The two ticket inspectors of the Deutsche Bahn German train system were caught on camera savagely dragging the Nigerian man out of a train after he reportedly refused to provide his ID and pay a fine for not having…