Read more train crash stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19153/train-crash.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72193/21-killed-in-india-train-wreck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Indian passenger train plowed into another near the Taj Mahal early today, killing 21 people and injuring more than a dozen. The rear car of the struck train, which was reserved for women and disabled passengers, took the brunt of the impact. Soldiers and villagers near the accident in...http://www.newser.com/story/72193/21-killed-in-india-train-wreck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 3:18:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63151/6-killed-in-italy-train-explosion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA train carrying liquefied natural gas derailed in Italy tonight, causing explosions that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, the Times of London reports. The train jumped the tracks as it was leaving the station in the northern town of Viareggio, triggering the explosion of two gas-filled...http://www.newser.com/story/63151/6-killed-in-italy-train-explosion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 21:44:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63082/3-dead-in-china-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree people are dead and 60 injured after two trains collided in the central China province of Hunan early this morning, AP reports. Two of the dead were on the trains while the third was in one of the nearby houses damaged in the collision, according to Chinese state media....http://www.newser.com/story/63082/3-dead-in-china-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 7:50:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62884/tax-deal-derailed-dc-train-upgrade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSafer cars might have saved lives in Monday's DC train crash, but a tax-dodge deal made with a bank prevented the transit authority from replacing aging stock until 2014, the Wall Street Journal reports. The National Transportation Safety Board urged the authority years ago to either replace its older cars...http://www.newser.com/story/62884/tax-deal-derailed-dc-train-upgrade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 6:17:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62771/circuit-flaw-suspected-in-dc-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal investigators believe an electronic problem may have caused Monday's deadly train crash in Washington DC, the Washington Post reports. Teesting has uncovered "anomalies" in a section of the Metro's automated control system, which senses train locations and sends speed commands, according to investigators.http://www.newser.com/story/62771/circuit-flaw-suspected-in-dc-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 2:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62621/feds-had-told-dc-to-bench-crashed-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe subway train that plowed into another stopped train yesterday, killing nine people and injuring scores of others in Washington, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out because of safety concerns, an investigator said today. The Metrorail transit system kept the old trains...http://www.newser.com/story/62621/feds-had-told-dc-to-bench-crashed-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 11:54:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62598/system-driver-error-suspected-in-dc-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExperts suspect yesterday’s deadly subway collision in Washington was the result of both a system failure and human error, the Washington Post reports. The city’s trains are run by onboard computers, which should, theoretically, prevent trains from colliding. The system has failed once before, in 2005, but the operators hit...http://www.newser.com/story/62598/system-driver-error-suspected-in-dc-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 9:24:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62572/death-toll-in-dc-crash-reduced-to-7.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington, DC, officials have reduced the fatalities in yesterday's Metro crash to seven from the nine previously reported, reports AP. Mayor Adrian Fenty said officials are "going to let the investigation run its course" and that hopefully the number will not exceed seven by the end of the day. Fenty...http://www.newser.com/story/62572/death-toll-in-dc-crash-reduced-to-7.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 8:01:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62545/six-dead-70-injured-in-dc-subway-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least six are dead and 70 others injured after two subway trains collided during rush hour this evening in Washington DC, the AP reports. The incident is “developing into a mass casualty event,” a Metro spokesman told WJLA-TV. “We’re expecting a number of injuries.” A train on the Red...http://www.newser.com/story/62545/six-dead-70-injured-in-dc-subway-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 18:46:51 CDT