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The train suddenly stopped while it was underground between two stations.

Commuters are warned to factor in extra travel time after the early morning fault.

The woman climbed onto the track at platform one to retrieve something she'd dropped, police were told.

The new Sydney Metro will open on August 4, it has been announced.

Members of the public have called for more security on trains as roaming patrols don't start until 7pm.

Commuters helped avoid a disaster by pulling the woman to safety.

Some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5pm (1am AEST) near the town of Nove Zamky, police and the Slovak railway company ZSSK said.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal locked in an average price rise of 3.6 per cent - but the weekly travel cap will remain the same.

A Transport NSW spokesman said a passenger had set something alight on the train believed to be insulation.

It's feared the casualty list could grow, with dozens reported wounded.

The states 55 Tangara's makes up a quarter of the Sydney Trains fleet, but continue to face major reliability issues as they get older.

Metro Trains said there was "no timeframe" on when the station would reopen.

The 47-year-old allegedly punched, slapped, pushed, spat at and verbally abused his victims.

The Toyota was pushed along the tracks before the train came to a stop in Devonport this morning.

SA Police has launched a week-long crackdown on antisocial behaviour across the state's public transport network. 

The state government has escalated its quarrel with Melbourne Airport, a day after announcing the rail link to the aviation hub will be delayed by four more years.

The group, aged between 12 and 15, is accused of terrorising and threatening commuters travelling on one of Adelaide's busiest train lines in recent weeks.

At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a shuttle bus collided.

Commuters will be impacted for 12 months as the train line between Bankstown and Sydenham is shut for conversion works.

Footage, shared on social media, showed the train hitting the car at high speed and the vehicle being pushed some distance along the rail tracks, shocking onlookers.

The Ghan was travelling north to Darwin from Adelaide when the Mazda 3 and train crashed yesterday.

The industrial action, which commenced early this morning, resulted in deserted stations across the city, leaving many commuters stranded and frustrated.

Jason Galleghan, 16, was lured by his friends in western Sydney, where he was savagely bashed and left for dead.

The largest operating steam train in the Southern Hemisphere, Beyer-Garratt 6029, has begun travel alongside the 107-year-old locomotive 3526.

Staff were warned that a passenger was "horsing around" just before midnight on April 5.

A west Sydney man has been charged with sexually touching a female Sydney Trains staff member at Parramatta station on Saturday.

Experienced driver John Kennedy, 54, and rail worker Sam Meintanis, 49, were killed after a passenger train came off the tracks in north Melbourne.

Police were called after the "firearm" was found on the seat of a train at Redfern.

Train services for thousands of passengers will not resume until 4pm today.

A report from Sydney Trains showed that 85 per cent of trains showed up within five minutes of the schedule

Two men have been charged after a police officer and a transport worker were allegedly assaulted, leaving the officer needing to go to hospital, at a train station in Sydney's west.

Of the roughly 450 falls recorded across the rail network in 2023, 50 of these were at one station in the inner-city.

The cohort was involved in more than 1200 safety incidents in the past 12 months with 52 of those considered close calls, new data has revealed.

The video was released today to raise awareness of the common, but deadly, occurrence.

Delays of up to 40 minutes are in place for some trains.

9News understands Aroulen Chinnien and his partner, a woman in her 30s, had got into an argument when the woman's phone was thrown onto the tracks.

A teenage boy who reportedly fell from a train in Sydney's inner west this morning has been rushed to hospital with head injuries and several fractures.

About 29 passengers were on the train at the time of the crash.

Anthony Albanese said he was horrified by the images, and said the activity had 'no place in this country'.

The group, who were concealing their faces and carrying shields, boarded the train at Artarmon, in Sydney's north.

It comes a month after the union successfully halted regional trains on December 13, causing a headache for commuters.

The man has held several retail jobs throughout the city's southern suburbs in recent years.

"People risk being seriously injured or killed all for a silly thrill. It is not worth it."

There are new calls for a safety review of South Australia's iconic Cockle Train after an 87-year-old American tourist was struck and killed on the track.

More than 20 people were left with minor injuries.

Bomb-like scenes near the South Australia-NSW border after big rig crashes into a freight train which was carrying more than 20 carriages.

If you're heading to Sydney to watch the iconic New Year's Eve firework display, the message from authorities is to use public transport.

In the 2023 to 2024 Queensland Budget update, the government revealed public transport fares would be frozen for the 2024 calendar year.

The four-hour strike is likely to cause lengthy train delays through the rest of the day.

Police have blamed heavy fog for an astonishing series of crashes that shut a major freeway for hours.