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Parts of High Speed 2 (HS2) delayed by two years
- Mar, 09, 2023
- Construction Management General Civil General Construction Transportation Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The British government announced on Thursday afternoon that the construction of phases 2a and 2b of the High Speed 2 project will be delayed by two years due to inflation and rising construction cost...
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Passenger train derailed near Cairo, Egypt
- Mar, 07, 2023
- General Civil Transportation Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Egypt, Qalyub
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A derailment took place on Tuesday night, when a train heading from Cairo to Menouf, a city in the Nile delta, crashed on a concrete buffer stop. More specifically, the accident took place in the...
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Freight train derailed in Ohio
- Mar, 04, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Environmental Engineering Other News
- United States, Ohio, Springfield
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 212-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday, February 4. The incident took place around 5 p.m. and involved 28 cars, which included four tankers carrying n...
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Head-on train crash in Greece
A high-speed, head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train took place in Greece late on Tuesday, which caused carriages to derail and catch on fire. The passenger train, Inter C...
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Subway bridge collapses in Mexico City: At least 24 casualties
At least 24 people have died after a subway overpassed collapsed in Mexico City. The incident occurred on May 3, 2021, at about 10:30 pm (local time) near Mexico City's Olivos station on a recently...
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