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The Alfa Pendular service currently operates a Braga to Lisbon-Santa Apolónia service via Porto-Campanhã using the Linha do Norte, occasionally continuing to Faro on the Linha do Algarve, operating at a maximum speed of 220 km/h (140 mph). High-speed rail in Portugal was planned in the 1990s and formally announced in 2005, [3] which included ...
An Alfa Pendular in Santa Apolónia Station, Lisbon.. Since the late 1990s Comboios de Portugal (CP) has run the Alfa Pendular service, connecting Portugal's mainland from the north border to the Algarve at a speed of up to 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) (in specific sections), which reduced the travel time between Porto and Lisbon by approximately 30 minutes.
23 July – China – Wenzhou train collision – Due to signal failure, a high-speed train rear-ended a stopped high-speed train at a speed of 99 km/h (62 mph) near Wenzhou, killing 40 people and injuring at least 192. [86] Six carriages derail, four carriages fall off a viaduct. [87]
27 July – Indonesia – 2022 Serang train crash, a train crashed into an odong-odong (a minibus that carries people, most often children, for amusement purposes), killing nine and injuring several. [115] 30 July – Bangladesh – In Chittagong District, a train crashed into a bus at a railroad crossing, killing 11 people and injuring five. [116]
[2] [6] The passenger train was travelling at 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph) at the time of the collision. [4] The alert was given some short minutes after the crash, and fire brigades from surrounding cities responded. The rescue operations were backed by 225 first responders and 85 emergency vehicles, as well as 2 helicopters. [7]
High-speed rail is one of the safest modes of transportation; since service started in 1964, there have only been fatalities in high-speed operation in a 2015 derailment. Today TGV trains accumulate of the order of 50 billion passenger-kilometres per year on lignes à grande vitesse (high-speed lines) alone. 1.2 billion passengers have ...
Motorcycle deaths started rising in 2017, when 16 riders were killed in crashes. Since the change in the helmet law, motorcycle deaths were 17 in 2021, 10 in 2022 and 18 in 2023, which hit an all ...
February 21 – Slovakia – Brezno train accident. A train collided with a tourist coach on a level crossing, killing 12 and injuring 20. [69] March 28 – Philippines – A bus collided with a 10-wheeler hauler truck in Naga, Cebu, killing 14. [70] May 28 – Bulgaria – Yambol bus crash. A bus crashed into a group of pedestrians, killing 18 ...