A mistimed switch change could have caused the derailment.
Articles on Train crash
Displaying all articles
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
The recent rail accident in Ohio is raising questions about who should be responsible for the aftermath of derailments. Residents impacted by a 10-year-old rail tragedy in Canada still want answers.
The recent B.C. train derailment raises questions about whether any lessons have been learned from the Lac-Mégantic disaster of 2013.
As the Lac Mégantic rail disaster trial begins, here’s how technology can help prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed 47 people.
The New Jersey Transit train that crashed in Hoboken didn’t have a mandated auto-stopping safety system. Why not?
Recent days have seen a string of terrible road and rail accidents: train crashes in France, Spain and Switzerland, a coach crash in Italy and, without the same international publicity, the usual steady…
Top contributors
-
Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University; York University, Canada
-
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Studying Complex Systems, Stanford University
-
Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
-
Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
-
Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
-
Assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
-
Profesor titular de Universidad. Economía industrial (transporte, energía, telecomunicaciones), Universidad Miguel Hernández