Rail Safety

infrastructure

Sullivan's Crossing Canada refers to a railway crossing named for John Sullivan, situated where a rail line intersects a road in Canada. These crossings are typically found in r...

transportation-safety

Train accidents in New York City are rare but high-consequence events involving passenger trains, freight, and transit vehicles across commuter, subway, and light rail systems....

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On the morning of June 12, a southbound Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near Olympia, Washington, injuring dozens and prompting a large emergency response. The Olympia...

transit-safety

This article explains how incidents are classified, who is counted, and why definitions matter for interpreting trends. For New York City, train deaths include people fatally in...

Safety

Reports of a Ukraine refugee stabbed on train incidents have drawn attention to risks faced by displaced people traveling within Europe. This overview summarizes verified patter...

Safety And Risk Prevention

When a man is killed on train tracks, the incident typically involves a collision with a train on public or private rail corridors. These events occur at grade crossings, along...

Celebrity Profiles

Sean Duffy served as Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in 2024, bringing prior roles as a federal...

safety-risk

Train derailments are uncommon but high-consequence events. When they occur, the mechanisms that produce injuries are predictable: sudden deceleration, lateral forces, structura...

transportation-safety

Zema subway surfing describes the act of climbing, riding, or playing on the exterior surfaces of subway or metro trains and infrastructure. The term is often linked to short-fo...

transport

In the early morning hours, a fire developed in a Chicago rail vehicle as it moved through the city, prompting evacuation, emergency response, and service disruption across the...