A fatal collision between two freight trains in Munich, Germany, on Saturday morning killed one person. The accident, which saw rail cars derail and fall from a bridge, occurred hours after a similar rail crash in the UK left one dead and 89 injured.
One person died after two freight trains collided on a bridge in Munich overnight. Two cars derailed and fell about 5 meters to the road below, but the cargo was not hazardous. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
The East West Rail project linking Oxford to Milton Keynes was finished in 2024. There’s just one hitch: no servicesThe rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what really goads some people living in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Freight trains running through the new station since late 2024 prove this stretch of railway is operational. But the long-promised passenger services have yet to appear – and there is no sign of any arriving soon.Welcome to East West Rail, open or not. For well over a decade, ministers have talked up a new railway linking Oxford to Cambridge via Milton Keynes to accelerate the drive for housing, jobs and growth – an arc of tech industry hailed as the UK’s answer to Silicon Valley. Continue reading...
