Forty people died. It was the first major accident on China’s high-speed rail system since it began service in 2007. The high-speed system is expected to span 10,000 miles by 2020 and had been ...

With all the other horrible events of the weekend, China's high speed rail crash sort of faded into the background. But the toll is horrific: 43 dead, and hundreds more injured after one high ...

Six years after a fatal crash caused China to throttle back its high-speed rail service, the country is relaunching the world's fastest inter-city lines, including one between Beijing and Shanghai ...

an accident that intensified concerns about the country’s high-speed rail system. The official New China News Agency said a boy was found unconscious by firefighters inside the wreckage Sunday ...

A train conductor was killed and eight other people injured after a high-speed train derailed in southern China on Saturday morning, state media CCTV reported. The train derailed at 10:30am local ...

which hasn’t had a passenger death due to derailment or crash in 47 years of operation. China’s new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line and Japanese bullet trains “cannot be mentioned in the ...

Chinese officials call for safety overhaul after rail's worst accident. BEIJING, July 25, 2011 -- Three top railroad officials have been fired following the deadly collision involving two of China ...

China's media and public voiced anger Monday over a deadly train crash that caused a slump in railway stocks and cast doubt on the breakneck expansion of the country's high-speed network. Thousands of ...

The accident occurred on a bridge near the ... for hours at least three times since opening a month ago. "China's high-speed trains are rubbish! They have frequent accidents and they've only ...

China's high-speed trains were supposed to be a gleaming testament to the country's progress and modernity. Instead, a recent crash that killed 40 people has come to symbolize much that's wrong ...

A group of state lawmakers has flown to China to see if California ... The July 23 accident has raised questions about the safety of the Chinese high-speed rail system, with the Shanghai Railway ...

HONG KONG—A train conductor was killed and eight people were injured after a high-speed train derailed after hitting a patch of mud blocking the tracks in southern China on Saturday, state ...