Rescue workers who cut apart the mangled wreck of two trains that crashed in western Switzerland have determined no passengers were stuck inside, police said.
Andreas Meyer, CEO of the federal railways operator SBB, has been responding to concerns about safety following Monday’s fatal collision of two trains near Payerne.
Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland on Monday evening, killing one of the drivers and injuring 35 passengers, at least five of them seriously, police said.
A train derailed in the Swiss Alps early on Sunday when it rammed into mounds of snow from an avalanche blocking the tracks, the BLS rail company said, adding that no one had been injured in the accident.
<p>Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail unveiled on Wednesday a train 50 percent more powerful than its competitors, earning it a multi-million franc deal with a Brazilian buyer.</p>
<p>The driver of a Swiss-made train that derailed during a test run in Norway last week has been charged in connection with the crash that left five people injured.</p>
<p>A Swiss-made high-speed train that crashed during a test run in Norway this week was travelling at almost twice the speed limit at the time of the accident, according to a preliminary report from the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN).</p>
<p>Two trains, including one weighing almost a tonne, have been stolen from a miniature train park in western Switzerland, the park said on Saturday.</p>
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<p>Eight people were injured Monday when a regional train derailed in the north-eastern Swiss canton of Aargau and hit a freight locomotive, a Swiss Federal Rail spokesman told AFP.</p>
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<p>Swiss residents are the world's most prolific railway riders, tracking an average of 2,258 kilometres (1403 miles) every year, the country's public transport association said Tuesday.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is planning to ban football hooligans from boarding Swiss trains. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Train operator SBB had announced it would no longer allow ticket sales on board its long-distance trains after a journey had started, but after vocal criticism, it appears to have changed its mind.</span></p>
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