While Gov. Maura Healey and the MBTA prepared to celebrate the milestone removal of all slow zones from the Boston-area subway tracks on Monday, another track-related issue caused delays for some ...

The rail sheared where it broke. "The integrity of the rail and what caused the rail to crack are under investigation." He explained that the area of track where the accident happened was normally ...

A Tube train derailment that caused travel chaos for thousands of travellers was probably caused by a cracked rail, London Underground has said. Passengers described hearing "a big bang" and ...

"was the train encountering a rail break that occurred when a mismatched thermite weld failed; the thermite weld cracked near the rail's base because the welder, for unknown reasons, likely did ...