Railway accidents in New South Wales

Four passengers who survived the deadly train collision in Tempe, central Greece on February 28 testified Thursday before a special appellate investigator, as part of the judicial investigation into the circumstances of the crash.

Hellenic Train, the country's train operator, announced Monday it will schedule bus routes, starting Wednesday, until trains resume running.

Seven people were injured in a serious accident this morning in Vratsa.

An 18-year-old driver made a U-turn and hit a van with five people inside - employees of a courier company.

The driver and some of the passengers were injured.

Two 14-year-old girls were traveling with the 18-year-old driver.

At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured on June 7 when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed earlier, officials said.

A vehicle rolled down a hill and smashed into a passing train, partially derailing it outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan and killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens. Survivors climbed out windows and onto roofs to reach safety in Taiwan's deadliest railway disaster.

A train partially derailed in eastern Taiwan on April 2 after colliding with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill, killing 48 people. With the train still partly in a tunnel, survivors climbed out of windows and walked along the train's roof to reach safety after the country's deadliest railway disaster.

A passenger train smashed into a vehicle on its tracks and partially derailed outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan on April 2, and police said at least 34 people were killed and dozens injured. Survivors were climbing out windows and onto roofs to reach safety in the island's worst railway disaster in decades.

At least one person was killed and 127 were injured in a railroad crash in China today, TASS reported.

A passenger train departing from Jinan City to Guangzhou derailed in central China's Hunan Province. According to the newspaper, at least four of the injured are in critical condition.

The accident happened near Victoria State.

A train with 160 passengers aboard left the rails in Australia. Two people are reported missing.

It is not clear how many were injured. The train was travelling from Sydney to Melbourne. The accident occurred near Victoria around 7:50 pm local time.

A rescue operation is underway. 18 firefighters were dispatched to the scene.

At least 30 people were injured today after a passenger train crashed into a truck in the Japanese city of Yokohama, France Press and Kyodo reported.

The accident happened at 11.40 am local time on the railway crossing  between two stations. During the collision, the locomotive and several high-speed wagons derailed and the truck caught on fire, BTA reported.