A window crack on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka forced a temporary slowdown, the operator said late Saturday. A steel plate on communications equipment in a tunnel in central ...

"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 ...

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 ...

NAGOYA--Passengers in a Tokaido Shinkansen car bound for Shin-Osaka from Tokyo on March 15 were moved to another car after a ...

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 ...