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Police probing double homicide in Portland, Oregon

AsuspectwasbookedintojailSaturdaymorningforstabbingtwopeopletodeathandinjuringanotherinPortland,thelargestcityinthenorthwesternU.S.stateofOregon.PortlandPoliceB

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Man held for setting fire to magazine on Japan's Shinkansen bullet train

AmanwasheldbythepoliceforsettingfiretoamagazineinaShinkansenbullettraininOkayama,westernJapanonFriday,localmediareported.Theman,inhis70s,putamagazineonhisseaton

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Four killed as Greek train derails, hits house: police

FourpeoplewerekilledandfiveothersseriouslyinjuredwhenapassengertrainfromAthensderailedandhitahousenearthenortherntownofThessalonikionSaturday,accordingtoGreekra

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DMZ Train takes tourists to inter-Korean border

On a cold, snowy day earlier this week, diverse groups of people hopped aboard a special train at Seoul Station.

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32 killed, 55 injured in train derailment in southern India

At least 32 people were killed and more than 55 others injured after a passenger train derailed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh late Saturday night, a senior railway official said Sunday.

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First China freight train arrives in London

The first freight train from China pulled into Barking in East London this week after an 18-day journey, marking a milestone in Beijing's push to build commercial links across Europe and Asia.

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Train tickets to Hainan hardest to purchase

With the Spring Festival travel rush expected to peak starting this weekend, a report based on data of online train-ticket sales showed that people traveling to Hainan province have the most difficulties purchasing a ticket.

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Ginza Line plans return trip to 1927 for 90th anniversary

To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Co. plans to run a special train that recreates the vibe of the 1000 series that ran the rails when the subway opened in 1927.

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Teenagers taking selfies on rail tracks smashed by train in India

​Two teenagers were crushed to death in Indian capital New Delhi by a speeding train while they were busy posing for selfies at a railway track, officials said Tuesday.

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Strike brings more rail misery for London commuters

Hundreds of thousands of London commuters were left with no train service on Tuesday as the latest strike in Britain's worst rail dispute in decades brought more travel misery the day after major disruption on the capital's underground system.

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Tibet's bottled water reaches eastern coast by train

​A train carrying nearly 1,900 tonnes of bottled mineral water from Tibet Autonomous Region has reached the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang after traveling 4,500 km over five days.

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Britain's commuters face worst rail strike in decades

Hundreds of thousands of British commuters faced travel chaos on Tuesday (Dec 13) as train drivers went on strike in what is expected to be the worst rail disruption in decades.

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Death of student Zhang Yao, hit in Rome, infuriates family and Chinese community

Sad and angry, the Chinese community in Rome on Sunday paid tribute to a student fatally hit by a train while pursuing muggers who had stolen her purse with her just-issued residency permit.

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Passenger trains collide in Iran, 44 killed: official

Forty-four people were killed and 103 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 miles (250 km) east of the capital Tehran, state media reported.

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India train crash: Rescuers work overnight to find survivors

​Rescuers have worked through the night to pull survivors out of a deadly train crash in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.

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Cameroonian president declares mourning day after train accident

Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Saturday decreed Oct. 24 will be a national mourning day for the victims of Friday's train derailment accident, which left more than 70 people killed.

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8killed, 19injured as twin blasts hit passenger train in SW Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and 19others injured when two bombs hit a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday, local media and offcials said.