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A passenger train made an unscheduled stop in Oregon over a woman’s cell phone use and verbal confrontations with other passengers.

The British government announced on Thursday that it was planning to build a $45 billion high speed rail corridor between the cities of London and Birmingham, and eventually to link to the northern cities of Manchester and Leeds. The train's 250 mph speed could reduce the time to travel the distance between London and Birmingham from 84 minutes to 49 minutes, project developers claim.

PARIS — The beleaguered Eurostar high-speed train service on Friday cancelled half of its train services between London and Paris because of freezing temperatures, a spokeswoman said.

The death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany rose to 22 Friday after three injured people died in hospital, Italian officials said. The Civil Protection said about a dozen of the injured remained in serious condition.

A TRAIN operator faces having to scrap part of its new staff uniform after rail unions complained the women's blouses were see-through.