Rail services in the south east of England - which rely on a third rail electrification system - were particularly badly disrupted.
Heavy rain was to blame for a landslip which caused the train, which was carrying stone, to tip over on Thursday in Barrow-on-Soar, Network Rail said.
It would be as disastrous for the London Underground to separate management between infrastructure and operations as it has been on the heavy-rail network.
The next generation looks more likely to focus on high-speed rail.
In Commons exchanges on the announcement, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said she welcomed the government's "change of heart" on high-speed rail but warned its plans were "flawed".
New Jersey Transit is no more consistent than the MTA, forbidding alcohol on its Hudson-Bergen light-rail line while allowing it on other services.
Computer Safety Tip appears to be laced with fake antivirus malware on its right-hand rail.
China is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on its high-speed rail network - it's already the biggest in the world.
Crossrail, London: Work on the cross-London rail link is well under way and expected to be fully operational in 2019, improving capacity across the capital.
The rhetoric from Nicola Sturgeon suggests this is at least symbolic of a willingness to get on with high-speed rail, without having to wait for Whitehall, and England's commitment to it.
The researchers will leverage a first-of-its-kind learning and predictive analytics tool called the IBM Traffic Prediction Tool (TPT), developed by IBM Research, which continuously analyzes congestion data, commuter locations and expected travel start times throughout a metropolitan region that can affect commuters on highways, rail-lines and urban roads.
ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool
One Plan B option the new coalition came up with would push the legislature to remove restrictions on how the city can spend current sales-tax revenues on MARTA, the existing bus and rail system in Atlanta, before building new light rail in gentrifying, in-town neighborhoods.
But the Woodland Trust warned that conservation groups were potentially on a collision course with the government over the environmental impact on the HS2 high-speed rail route between London and Birmingham.
But while people buying an old one-day pink travel card could use it on the buses, Tube and overland rail, many train companies refuse to accept the equivalent pay-as-you-go on Oyster.
BBC: An 'oyster' travel card, sitting on top of a card reader
Transport Minister Norman Baker has promised to put pressure on Network Rail to make long-term improvements at Cowley Bridge.
To take it a step further, according to USDOT statistics, pipelines are 451 times safer than rail on a per-mile basis.
Train companies are working with Network Rail on a long-term programme to continue improving services and to deliver better value for passengers and taxpayers alike.
Supporters started to descend on the Welsh capital late on Friday - travelling by road, rail and even plane with Arsenal chartering a jumbo to transport more than 700 fans to Cardiff.
Indeed, my preferred option -- a more active and well-regulated role for NSA and Cyber Command on and for American networks -- is almost a third rail in the debate over U.S. cybersecurity.
This action was repeated on 10 March with two more rail-cars bearing missile canisters.
Built 30ft above the streets, on a long -abandoned, elevated freight rail line, the public park is now double in size.
Mr Whitehouse said in the future it could be worth investigating whether a passenger-run co-operative could take on an entire rail franchise itself.
But both MTA railroads maintain comprehensive inspection programs on their tracks, according to the MTA. Every two weeks, workers visually inspect "every inch of track" on both Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road systems for defects, an MTA official said.
Grand plans for European-style double-decker trains were rejected as impractical, as were schemes for a high-speed rail route (run, in the wildest of dreams, on magnetic-levitation technology) connecting London to the north.
Road-rail vehicles are flat trolleys on railway wheels that are used to move materials to and from railway worksites.
When the NTSB concludes the on-site phase of its investigation, Metro-North will begin to remove the damaged rail cars and remaining debris.
On Friday, a few weeks after they declared the project kaput, government bigwigs in Michigan stood together to announce that plans for the M1 light-rail in Detroit were back on.
But a protest was held near the Conservative Party conference on Monday against the proposed HS2 high-speed rail link involving the STOP HS2 group, which has expressed concerns over the environment and funding.
Related is competing to develop a 26-acre site atop rail yards on the edge of the Hudson River in New York, with media and entertainment company News Corp. as the anchor tenant in its proposal.
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