American employee at US Embassy in Kiev dies in hospital after she was found beaten unconscious with head injuries in a forest area near railway tracks Ukrainian police said Wednesday an unidentified woman who worked at the embassy died after an assault in the Shevchenko district of the Ukrainian capital The badly-beaten victim was discovered … Read more
Commuters caught up in South Western Railway’s lengthy industrial action last year have until the end of this month to claim compensation. For 27 days from 2 December, SWR embarked on Britain’s longest rail strike in history, hitting millions of commuters relying on its trains running in and out of London and beyond. Around 850 … Read more
Drunk chef, 22, died of ‘catastrophic’ head injuries after falling from railway platform onto tracks on her way home from a night out, inquest hears Carrie Bremridge, 22, had been drinking with friends at pub and attended a party The party on January 31 was about a 10-minute walk from Redhill station, Surrey Around 4.30am next morning, … Read more
‘At least’ one person is seriously injured and trains are unable to stop after an ‘explosion’ near a railway station By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline Published: 21:28 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:36 BST, 22 August 2020 At least one person has been seriously injured and trains are unable to stop at the platform … Read more
Teenager, 18, is fighting for life after being repeatedly stabbed next to a railway crossing in north east London during brawl with three men Teenager, 18, is ‘in hospital fighting for his life,’ after stabbing in Chingford today He was found on Larkshall Road following a fight near Highams Park station Police want to speak … Read more
A model railway enthusiast who has been given just weeks to live has managed to see his final project completed before he dies. John Bint, 82, from Coventry had set himself the task to complete a one-of-a-kind replica model of the world’s oldest electric suspension train back in December. However, the grandfather-of-five suffered a stroke in … Read more
‘The landscape looked like the moon.’ That’s how traveller Joe Russo described the breathtaking scenery he saw from the train he rode with his wife, Kait, along the world’s highest railway from Xining in China to Lhasa in Tibet, which has a peak elevation of 16,627ft (5,067 metres). It’s a unique journey – so high … Read more
‘Whoever finds this will remember Hitler’s war against humanity’: Message in a bottle left by Nazi slave workers is discovered hidden behind a wall in Polish railway station The letter was found behind a wall by builders in town of Nowe Skalmierzyce During WWII the central Poland town, was encompassed in Hitler’s Third Reich Letter was … Read more
Police carry out spot checks on ‘Leicester lepers’ arriving at city’s railway station as locked-down residents in Covid-hit city are banned from holiday parks, campsites and hotels By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 16:34 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 17:03 BST, 3 July 2020 British transport police are carrying out checks at Leicester train … Read more
A man nicknamed Oliver Twist by hospital staff after he was left by his birth mother in a corned beef box at a Railway Tavern learns he has six full siblings in Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. Tonight’s episode of the ITV show features Simon Jeffery, now 56, who still had a wet umbilical … Read more