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Wimbledon train derailment: delays after South Western Railway train slides off track
Speed Read District Line suspended and other Tube lines closed due to power outages amid morning of rush hour commuter chaos
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Hiking the Himalayas – in high style
The Week Recommends With your head in the clouds and the world at your feet, you'll see life afresh from the top of the world
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#BagelGate: Police called out to train fight over bagels
Speed Read Fighting breaks out on late night train at Potters Bar in Hertfordshire – but no one is sure quite what happened
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Chris Tarrant on his most incredible rail journeys
In Depth As the latest series of Extreme Railways kicks off, the programme's host talks six-day delays, bullet trains and dynamite in a helicopter
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Friends caught 'pimping out' hire car for off-road adventure
Speed Read Group of men in New Zealand added 'snorkel' to car's air intake - and other tall tales
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Dozens injured in France after train crashes into fallen tree
Speed Read Passenger is thrown from train and at least 50 others are injured in accident between Nimes and Montpellier
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'Horrific' train crash in Italy leaves at least 25 dead
Speed Read 'I saw people in pieces,' says survivor who had to dig her way out from under a demolished carriage
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Where are the UK's unhappiest train commuters?
Speed Read New study finds one in three rail commuters were delayed on their most recent journey
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Teenager flies from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin to save cash
Speed Read Expert money saver says 13-hour trip was cheaper and included a visit to the Brandenburg Gate
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Double-decker trains: when might they come to the UK?
In Depth Designers are planning new double-decker trains for some of the UK's busiest railway lines
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Two dead on Japan bullet train after 'self-immolation' fire
Speed Read Man doused himself in oil and then set himself on fire in the first carriage of the Japanese bullet train
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