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    Alstom ready to sell French rail unit to win Bombardier deal

    12 Jul 2020

    France’s TGV high-speed train maker Alstom offered to sell a French rail factory and make other concessions to win European Commission approval for its planned purchase of Bombardier’s transportation business.

    Tourism: Switzerland bags Guinness for world’s longest train

    08 Nov 2022

    The train wend its way through 22 tunnels and 48 bridges along the way, including the splendid Landwasser Viaduct, towering 65 metres over the ravine below.

    Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy

    27 Apr 2022

    A Japanese railway company, Tokyu, says it now uses just solar and other renewable energy to power its sprawling train service.

    Netizens praise woman who refused to give up her first class seat for 'rude' elderly woman on train ride from London to Aberdeen

    29 Oct 2022

    The woman had booked her seat in the first class compartment well in advance. She narrated her experience in a post with the title ‘AITA (Am I the A**hole) for not moving from my booked seat for an elderly person?’

    Turning plans of trains turtle: Injured tortoise spotted on railway tracks in eastern England creates chaos

    02 Aug 2022

    Shell-shocked drivers had to abruptly change schedules: two train services were cancelled. One passenger tweeted that an apology was tendered for the delay to passengers.

    Zagreb's model train museum reopens for visitors

    13 Jun 2020

    The Backo Mini Express Museum, the largest of its kind in southeastern Europe, boasts more than a kilometre (half a mile) of tiny tracks traversing picturesque rural villages and city squares wrought in extraordinary detail.

    Three selfie-crazy Indian teens crushed by train

    01 May 2019

    Three teenagers were killed while taking selfies on a railway track in India, the country which researchers say has the worst record for selfie-related deaths.

    Russia opens first Arctic train service

    08 Jun 2019

    Russia hopes to become the top economic and military power in the Arctic, foreseeing new trading routes as global warming breaks up the glaciers.

    Here's how to see the California coast by train

    27 Jan 2020

    Watch the Pacific Coast unravel on a rail journey aboard Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from Oakland to Los Angeles.

    All aboard the Cambodian cafe train to nowhere

    12 Jun 2021

    A new train cafe — located at Phnom Penh railway station — has become a hub for Instagrammers and Facebookers looking for a selfie location and cold drink.

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