Morning commuters at a busy Swiss train station were thrown into chaos after a knife attack that left three people wounded, in what a regional security official described as a "terrorist act." "I am exceptionally calling this a terrorist attack," Mario Fehr, who oversees security in the Swiss canton of Zurich, told reporters, saying it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism." Witnesses recounted fear and confusion as the suspect, identified by police…

A powerful blast struck a train carrying military personnel in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan, killing at least 24 people, according to a senior official. Among the dead were army servicemen in the provincial capital of Quetta, where the attack also left more than 50 people wounded, the official told AFP. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing, which Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced as a "cowardly" act of terrorism. Images from the scene…

A head-on collision between two commuter trains near the Danish capital left five people critically injured and 13 others hurt, authorities said, in a crash that sent emergency crews rushing to a wooded rural area north of Copenhagen. Police said they could not yet say what caused the accident, which happened near a level crossing about 40km north of Copenhagen, close to the town of Hillerod. "Eighteen people have been injured in the accident. Of these, five are currently considered to be in critical condition," police said…

A deadly collision involving one of France’s iconic high-speed trains unfolded in northern France this morning when a TGV struck a truck at a crossing, leaving the train’s driver dead and two people critically injured, officials said. The crash happened at about 7am local time (6am Irish time) between Bethune and Lens in the Pas-de-Calais region, according to rail operator SNCF. In an updated toll, the prefecture said two people were in critical condition and 11 others suffered less serious injuries. Earlier official reports…

Glasgow Central railway station has partially reopened after a March 8 fire in a neighboring building forced its closure. By Abdiwahab AhmedAxadle Times international–Monitoring The main part of the station had been shut since March 8 after the blaze destroyed much of the adjacent building, and it has now reopened in part. Network Rail previously said the partial reopening would operate with reduced capacity and urged passengers to check journey times before traveling. It also told passengers the station would look different…

GLASGOW, Scotland — Glasgow Central, Scotland’s biggest train station, remained closed Monday after a major fire tore through a neighboring 19th-century building off Union Street, causing a partial dome collapse and leaving only the facade of the corner property at Gordon Street and Union Street standing. No injuries have been reported, but officials said the closure is likely to continue until Wednesday, disrupting thousands of journeys in and out of the city center. The blaze broke out Sunday night in a building adjacent…

Investigators probing Spain’s deadly high-speed train collision say a cracked rail likely existed before the crash, a preliminary finding that could shift scrutiny toward infrastructure on one of the world’s busiest high-speed networks. A report released today by Spain’s CIAF rail accident investigation committee said an inspection of the Iryo train involved in Sunday evening’s collision in Andalusia found “notches in the tread of the right-sided wheels” on four carriages. Similar notches with a compatible geometric pattern…

Spain’s rail network reeled from a fourth accident in less than a week as authorities recovered two more bodies from the wreckage of last weekend’s high-speed train collision in Andalusia, raising the death toll to 45. The discovery comes hours after a commuter train struck a crane arm near the port city of Cartagena in the southeastern Murcia region, lightly injuring six, officials said. An Andalusia emergency services spokesman said the bodies were retrieved from a Renfe-operated train that crashed into a derailed Iryo…

Spain mourned its deadliest rail disaster in more than a decade as the death toll from a high-speed train collision in Andalusia rose to 42 and a second accident near Barcelona killed one person and injured dozens. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited the crash site and met survivors Tuesday as the government pledged a full, transparent investigation. The first crash occurred late Sunday when an Iryo-operated train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz in southern Spain. The train crossed onto the opposite…

One person has died and at least 15 others were injured after a commuter train near Barcelona struck rubble from a collapsed wall, Catalonia’s fire service said Tuesday, marking Spain’s second deadly rail accident in days. “There are four seriously injured and one person who has passed away,” fire service spokesman Claudi Gallardo told reporters. Spanish state news agency EFE reported that the train’s driver was the person who died. Catalan emergency services said medical teams were treating at least 15 injured people at the…