Jun 23 Watch Investigators Search for Clues in Fatal D.C. Train Crash Federal investigators on Tuesday worked to discover what caused two trains to collide yesterday in the nation's capital, killing nine people and injuring more than 75 others. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Freight Trains Face Burdensome Bottleneck in Midwest In the Midwest, Chicago has been a freight rail hub for 150 years. But now, traffic on Chicago's rails is even slower than traffic on its roads. As part of the Blueprint America series of reports on infrastructure, Rick Karr… Continue watching
Oct 31 Court Clears Alleged Ringleader, Convicts 21 in Madrid Bombings By PBS News Hour A Spanish court Wednesday convicted 21 people of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, but in a surprising move, acquitted an alleged mastermind. Continue reading
Feb 19 Indian, Pakistani Leaders Pledge to Continue Talks despite Deadly Train Bombing By Admin, PBS News Hour At least 66 people were killed Monday when a pair of bombs sparked an inferno on an Indian train headed for Pakistan. Leaders of both nations condemned the attacks and pledged to continue their peace talk despite the carnage. Continue reading
Jul 12 Indian Officials Investigate Train Bombings By PBS News Hour Millions of commuters in India's financial capital Mumbai (formerly Bombay) returned to the train system Wednesday, a day after coordinated bombs killed at least 200 people and injured 700 others on trains and at stations around the city. Continue reading
Apr 11 Suspects Indicted in Madrid Train Attacks By PBS News Hour A Spanish judge charged 29 suspects with murder, terrorism and other crimes for their involvement in the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,700. Continue reading
Apr 23 Hundreds Believed Dead After N. Korean Train Explosion Reports of a devastating death toll from North Korean train explosions near the Chinese border took shape Friday with government officials saying several hundred were believed killed in the blast, the British ambassador to North Korea said Friday. Continue reading
Apr 22 Thousands Feared Dead Or Injured in N. Korea Train Blast As many as 3,000 people were killed or injured when two trains loaded with fuel collided and exploded at a North Korean train station near the Chinese border, hours after leader Kim Jong Il had passed through, according to South… Continue reading
Apr 05 Spain Arrests More Suspects in Madrid Train Blasts Spanish authorities said Monday they had arrested two more suspects in the March 11 train bombings that killed 191 people and had identified three of those killed in a suicide explosion over the weekend as leading suspects in the attacks. Continue reading
Apr 02 Bomb Defused on High-Speed Train Rail in Spain A bomb was found under the tracks of one of Spain's high-speed rail systems Friday morning, halting the Madrid-Seville route at the start of the country's busy Easter week travel period. Continue reading