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Teenagers suffer life-changing injuries in electric shocks on railways

Teenagers suffer life-changing injuries after electric shocks on railways

Two teenagers have sustained life-changing injuries after suffering electric shocks on the railways at the weekend. British Transport Police said a 14-year-old boy climbed on top of a stationary freight train on Saturday evening and touched the ...

01 Aug 2023 at 13:32

Train passenger says delay because of flag flying was ‘bonkers’

A train was disrupted by people trying to hang flags from bridges, a passenger reported. Railway electrification expert Noel Dolphin posted on social media that attempts to fly flags meant speed restrictions were imposed on the East Midlands ...

29 Aug 2025 at 11:53

Third British Lisbon funicular crash victim, 82, was ‘transport enthusiast’

The third British victim of the Lisbon funicular crash was an 82-year-old transport enthusiast whose “final moments were in pursuit of the hobby which gave him so much happiness”, his family said. Andrew David Kenneth Young, known as Dave, ...

08 Sept 2025 at 17:01

Trains targeted in ‘incredibly dangerous’ attacks from bridge, warns operator

Rocks and a scooter have been thrown at trains in a spate of “incredibly dangerous” attacks from a bridge above a 120mph railway line, an operator said. The first recorded incident resulted in a train being damaged after a large scooter ...

24 Feb 2025 at 11:22

Tragedy ‘must never be repeated’ say families of track workers struck by train

The families of two men who “lost their lives in an instant” after being hit by a train while working on the tracks in South Wales have said the tragedy must never be repeated. Network Rail was fined almost £4 million at Swansea Crown ...

15 Feb 2025 at 14:35

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