Poland’s rail network faced widespread disruption on Friday as train drivers staged a go-slow protest over safety concerns. Drivers reduced their speed to 20 km/h at railway level crossings, causing delays across the network on one of the country’s busiest travel days. The protest followed a fatal accident in central Poland on Wednesday, when a […]
A train driver was killed after a high-speed passenger train travelling at around 160 km/h (99 mph) collided with a lorry at a level crossing in northern France on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred between Béthune and Lens, leaving two people initially critically injured—though later reported to be recovering—and 13 others with minor injuries. The […]

