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China rolled out its fastest train yet on Tuesday and announced that the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric project, is now generating electricity at maximum capacity — engineering triumphs that signal the nation's growing ambitions as its economy booms.

A train crash in central Indonesia killed at least 43 people and injured dozens Saturday, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. The toll was expected to rise with some bodies still trapped in the mangled wreckage.

The facts: On August 27, 1891, a passenger train jumped the tracks on a tall bridge near Statesville, North Carolina, sending seven rail cars below and about 30 people to their deaths.

At least 50 persons are feared death and several others injured when Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express from New Coochbehar rammed into the rear of the Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in Birbhum district early today.

Investigators were searching for bodies in a mangled wreck Saturday, a day after two trains crashed and killed at least 98 people in eastern India, officials said.

A train derails in a mountainous area of south-eastern China, with reports saying at least 10 people have been killed.

As the hassles of air travel mount, Amtrak proves to be an increasingly viable alternative. The rail service’s upgraded amenities may warrant skipping a trip to the airport.

Russians on Tuesday nervously returned to subway stations where two suicide bombers killed 39 people, lighting candles and leaving ...

Seven coaches of one of India's most prestigious passenger trains derailed Tuesday after Maoists rebels bombed the railway line, police said.

France's rail operator mistakenly puts a statement on its website saying more than 100 people had died in a train explosion.