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Under the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Railroad Policy and Development (RPD), the Program Delivery Office (RPD-10) is responsible for federal investment and assistance to the rail industry. RPD-10 plays an integral role in the implementation of...
German dispatcher playing video game resulted in train collision. 12 passengers died. 85 were injured.
On February 9, 2016, two passenger trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway near Bad Aibling in Bavaria, about 60...
May 2015: Amtrak train 188 derailed in Philadelphia, PA. Eight passengers died. 185 were injured.
About 9:21 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2015, eastbound Amtrak passenger train 188 derailed at milepost 81.62 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The train had just entered the...
July 2013: Passenger train derails at 111mph in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 79 passengers died, 140 were injured.
On July 24, 2013 a high speed Avila train with 218 passengers and 4 crew aboard derailed, killing 79 passengers and injuring around 140. The accident...
May 2011: Insufficient attention to train speed caused collision.30 people were injured.
On the morning of May 8, 2011 Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corpora tion (PATH) train 820 was heading toward platform track 2 to offload passengers at the Hoboken station in Hoboken, New Jersey,...