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With more strikes across the UK, is it time to bring out that Shakespeare quote again, asks Laura Kuenssberg?

Train companies around the country are bracing for a potential freight rail worker strike on Friday, and Amtrak is suspending long-distance train service in Florida because of it.

A cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico's Caribbean coast says another prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded as seas rose 8,000 years ago.

Tegan Badham, 21, hopes to thank the man who rescued her after she tumbled onto live train tracks.

East Melbourne Avenue in Melbourne has reopened to traffic after a year-long closure while Brightline made improvements to the Crane Creek railroad bridge and roadway, according to Brightline.

A person was hit by a train Monday afternoon in Orlando near 5501 South Orange Avenue, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

During a Tuesday morning commute, a 27-year-old man fell off the top of a CTA Blue Line train while it was in motion.

Three teenagers came within feet from being run over by a speeding train in Canada.

An girl was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday afternoon after being hit by a train in Edgewater, police said.

A man was taken to the hospital after a freight train plowed into his car in Orlando, according to police.

Two SunRail trains in Altamonte Springs were experiencing delays Wednesday evening as police investigated a report about a suspicious package, the department said.

The preliminary investigation into the death of an Amtrak conductor who fell from a train in Rhode Island last month found that the train was traveling about 40 mph (64 kph) at the time, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. As the train was preparing to depart on its route to Washington, D.C., the assistant conductor radioed the conductor but did not receive a response, the report said. The assistant conductor began searching the interior of the train and found an open door in a passenger car.

A woman was able to save herself and her 3-month-old daughter from getting struck by a Brightline train in South Florida after her car got stuck on the tracks, authorities said.

A man was listed in serious condition Friday night after he fell onto the CTA train tracks and was struck by a southbound train, Chicago police said.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train near Ocala, deputies say.

Train derails: A train derailed and caught fire in Texas, a few miles south of the Oklahoma border. (Bob D'Angelo,/Cox Media Group)OKLAUNION, Texas — A train derailed and caught fire near the Texas-Oklahoma border on Saturday, authorities said. >> Read more trending newsPreliminary reports indicated the accident is being treated as a hazmat situation, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reported. Dan Buesing, several train cars of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe route that contained denatured alcohol derailed, the newspaper reported. Denatured alcohol is commonly used as a solvent or in alcohol-burning camp stoves, according to the Times Record News.

Police say two people died when a higher speed commuter train hit their car as the driver tried to make it around the crossing gate near Miami.

Officials say a train belonging to Florida’s higher speed passenger rail service hit a car that went around railroad crossing gates near Miami.

The CTA is offering special trips of the holiday train the next two Sundays, giving Chicagoans additional opportunities to ride the specially decorated train this year.

The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has issued a broad decree requiring all federal agencies to give automatic approval for all government public works projects

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina — (AP) — Authorities say a collision between an Amtrak train and a vehicle at a railroad crossing in South Carolina has resulted in three deaths. The North Charleston Fire Department said in a statement that the vehicle was found heavily damaged when police arrived at the scene early Saturday. Three people who had been traveling in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. There were 500 passengers on the train, but no reported injuries, the statement said. The Amtrak train was able to make a controlled emergency stop after the collision.

A fourth person was taken to a local hospital. There were 500 passengers on the train, but no reported injuries, the statement said. The Amtrak train was able to make a controlled emergency stop after the collision.

Investigators with the NTSB are looking into what may have caused an Amtrak train to derail in Montana over the weekend. Three people were killed and dozens were injured. Former chairman of the NTSB and CBS News transportation and safety consultant Robert Sumwalt joined Ed O'Keefe to discuss.

A death investigation causes a traffic alert in Osceola County.

A man died after he was struck by Metra just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to a Metra spokeswoman.

Billionaires, socialists, workers and more all want Joe Manchin to be their deciding vote.

Resembling a misplaced aircraft hanger, a 600-foot-long curved concrete structure is taking shape off State Road 528 near Canaveral Groves.

As summer approaches, travel is on the brain of so many -- especially after the last year we’ve had, cooped up and fighting COVID-19.

A person was struck by a train near Edgewater Drive.

Train derails in Minnesota Train cars are on the ground after a derailment in southern Minnesota on Saturday. (Albert Lea Police Department )ALBERT LEA, Minn. — No one was injured when a 50-car Union Pacific train derailed in southern Minnesota on Saturday, authorities said. >> Read more trending newsAccording to the Albert Lea Police Department, the train derailed at about 1:34 p.m. CDT, KSTP-TV reported. Area residents were advised to shelter in place, the television station reported. Officials with Rochester HAZMAT were at the site to assist with containing any leaks, the television station reported.

As Amtrak marks its 50th anniversary, its long-distance trains offer a glimpse of what rail travel looked like before 1971.

Officials say 24 people were killed when an elevated section of Mexico City's metro collapsed as a train was traveling along it.

An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said 70 people were injured, with 34 hospitalized, and people could still trapped inside the train, which was split in two and appeared partially suspended. The overpass was about 5 meters above the road in southern Mexico City.

A 20-year-old woman and her 4-month-old son were killed when their car was struck by an Amtrak train in Polk County, officials say.

A train has barreled into an unmanned truck that rolled onto the track in Taiwan.

A fatal crash has prompted a train to stop in Volusia County, causing a traffic alert. Daytona Beach police tweeted Tuesday morning that drivers should not cross the railroad tracks from Orange Avenue south to Second Street in neighboring Holly Hill. “A train has stopped due to a fatal accident,” the tweet said. “Please find a route either north or south of the stopped train.”No other details have been released.

Man in scooter dies after struck by Tri-Rail trainFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man riding a scooter was struck and killed by a South Florida commuter train, officials said. Johnny Joseph, 28, was fatally injured around noon Monday at a Fort Lauderdale crossing, the Sun Sentinel reported. Witnesses said Joseph tried to cross the tracks before the Tri-Rail train arrived but didn’t make it in time, police said. Investigators said the man drove around stopped cars and under the guard gates just before the train hit him. The train was going south with about 45 people on it, Tri-Rail officials said.

The train that struck the man left Aurora at 6:10 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive at Union Station in Chicago at 7:15 a.m. It was running express from Downer’s Grove and not scheduled to stop at the La Grange station, Metra said.

Cooper said she did not know how the train derailed or have an estimated time when it will be fixed. Riders can look at Metra’s service alerts for the most updated information, she said.

Because the train travels on tracks that run down the middle of the Kennedy, it affected motorists too. One lane of traffic in each direction was closed while Illinois State Police investigated.

“I got off the train and was walking down Western Avenue on the South Side of Chicago and found myself standing in front of a cannabis store,” he said. “I must have stood there for nearly five minutes, just watching people walk in the store and walk out carrying a bag.

CITIES AFFECTED: The first city closed off was Wuhan, with 11 million people, or 1 1/2 times the population of New York City. Cars and trucks were being inspected at roadblocks on the outskirts of cities and many were turned back. If that fails, the Communist Party has one of the world's most extensive systems of surveillance and social controls. Chinese leaders tried to mollify the public by reassigning the Beijing party secretary and began daily announcements about new cases. THE PUBLIC EFFECT: Food prices in Wuhan spiked as shoppers cleared grocery store shelves of vegetables, rice and other supplies.

CITIES AFFECTED: The first city closed off was Wuhan, with 11 million people, or 1 1/2 times the population of New York City. Cars and trucks were being inspected at roadblocks on the outskirts of cities and many were turned back. If that fails, the Communist Party has one of the world's most extensive systems of surveillance and social controls. Chinese leaders tried to mollify the public by reassigning the Beijing party secretary and began daily announcements about new cases. THE PUBLIC EFFECT: Food prices in Wuhan spiked as shoppers cleared grocery store shelves of vegetables, rice and other supplies.

CITIES AFFECTED: The first city closed off was Wuhan, with 11 million people, or 1 1/2 times the population of New York City. Cars and trucks were being inspected at roadblocks on the outskirts of cities and many were turned back. If that fails, the Communist Party has one of the world's most extensive systems of surveillance and social controls. Chinese leaders tried to mollify the public by reassigning the Beijing party secretary and began daily announcements about new cases. THE PUBLIC EFFECT: Food prices in Wuhan spiked as shoppers cleared grocery store shelves of vegetables, rice and other supplies.

Police: Man dies trying to race across tracksPublished: November 27, 2019, 11:19 pmPolice say a man died while trying to race across train tracks in Longwood

(CNN) - Train travel between New York City and Washington is now faster than ever. On Thursday, Amtrak announced that starting in September it will offer a new direct route between Washington Union Station (WAS) and New York Penn Station (NYP). "The new Acela Nonstop service will have you halfway to your New York City or DC destination in the time it would take you to board a flight," Amtrak President & CEO Richard Anderson said in a statement. "This new service will offer an ideal solution for travelers who want to save time and travel between city center DC and New York." Riders can expect to travel for two hours and 35 minutes instead of four hours with the direct service.

Officials are investigating a Boston Red Line train that left the station without a conductor this morning. Authorities believe that someone tampered with the train. WBZ's Nicole Jacobs reports with more.

Mark Rosenker, CBS News Transportation Safety Analyst, discusses the initial investigation into the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia.

How robots "train" Boston Dynamic's robotic advances have been captured in a mash up set to "Push it to the limit."