GenevaLunch » train http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Youth gravely injured by train in Gland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/24/youth-gravely-injured-by-train-in-gland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/24/youth-gravely-injured-by-train-in-gland/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:42:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64838 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 14-year-old is in serious condition, but his life is not in danger, following an accident at the train station in Gland, canton Vaud, Thursday evening 22 December. Vaud police say that a goods train, going 100 kph, pulled the youth was pulled onto the tracks from the platform about 19:00. He and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/24/youth-gravely-injured-by-train-in-gland/feed/ 0 Woman slips under train in Morges http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/woman-slips-under-train-in-morges/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/woman-slips-under-train-in-morges/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:58:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62913 GenevaLunch.com MORGES, SWITZERLAND – A 66-year-old  local woman slipped and fell between the quai at the Morges train station and the train tracks at 09:30 Wednesday, say Vaud police. She is in critical condition. The woman was trying to board a train as it pulled out of the station and she lost her balance. The police [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/woman-slips-under-train-in-morges/feed/ 0 74-yr-old killed by Intercity train when car slipped http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:59:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62362 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss Intercity train traveling at 140kph from Yverdon-Les-Bains to Lausanne struck a car whose front wheels were hanging in the space over the railroad tracks in the village of Bavois. The driver, a 74-year-old local man, was killed when his car was thrown 30 metres by the train. The train was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/feed/ 0 Bank robbed: you never know who’s next to you on a Swiss train http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:38:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62345 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – A man who threatened a bank employee in Anzère, a resort in canton Valais, with a knife as the worker left the bank, then robbed the bank of several thousand francs at noon Monday 10 October, has been captured, say Valais police. The man released the employee once he had the loot [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/feed/ 0 Elderly driver in critical condition following Geneva train accident http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/elderly-driver-in-critical-condition-following-geneva-train-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/elderly-driver-in-critical-condition-following-geneva-train-accident/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:06:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60266 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 92-year-old driver is in critical condition Thursday evening after his car was hit by a French SNCF train at chemin de la Montagne, à Chêne-Bougeries in Geneva. The car, with Geneva plates, was dragged by the Annemasse-gare des Eaux-Vives train several metres. The cause of the accident is not yet clear. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/elderly-driver-in-critical-condition-following-geneva-train-accident/feed/ 2 Train ticket man attacked near Lausanne, aggressor flees http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/train-ticket-man-attacked-near-lausanne-aggressor-flees/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/train-ticket-man-attacked-near-lausanne-aggressor-flees/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:36:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59990 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 32-year-old ticket checker on a CFF train suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations when he was attacked by a man without a valid ticket last Friday, 15 July. His aggressor fled and police, who have a witness, turned the case over to judicial authorities, who have opened a criminal investigation. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/train-ticket-man-attacked-near-lausanne-aggressor-flees/feed/ 0 Cars galore in Geneva, green again and less flashiness http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/cars-galore-in-geneva-green-again-and-less-flashiness/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/cars-galore-in-geneva-green-again-and-less-flashiness/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:28:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54823 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - All roads  in Switzerland lead to Geneva starting today, for one of the biggest events on the Swiss calendar, the Geneva Motor Show. Happily, compared to a few years ago, a growing number of car enthusiasts are willing to take advantage of good offers from the CFF rail company, and the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/cars-galore-in-geneva-green-again-and-less-flashiness/feed/ 1 Vaud police seek 2 small girls after father’s death http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/vaud-police-seek-2-small-girls-after-fathers-death/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/vaud-police-seek-2-small-girls-after-fathers-death/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:04:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53484 GenevaLunch.com St Sulpice man, Canadian, dies under train in southern Italy, twin girls missing International police alert for witnesses, information: +41 21 644 82 31 or the nearest police station Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two six-year-old twin girls are missing and police in Switzerland have issued a missing persons bulletin for them after their father was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/vaud-police-seek-2-small-girls-after-fathers-death/feed/ 3 Glacier Express crashed in July 2010 due to speed alone http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/glacier-express-crashed-in-july-2010-due-to-speed-alone/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/glacier-express-crashed-in-july-2010-due-to-speed-alone/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:41:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52690 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Glacier Express crash in July 2010 that killed one person and injured more than 40 others in the Goms Valley, canton Valais, was due to speed alone. The bend was such that at even a slightly  elevated speed the normally slow train would risk turning on its side. A federal [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/glacier-express-crashed-in-july-2010-due-to-speed-alone/feed/ 0 Travel: Zurich puts on the charm for a holiday weekend http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/18/travel-zurich-puts-on-the-charm-for-a-holiday-weekend/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/18/travel-zurich-puts-on-the-charm-for-a-holiday-weekend/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:23:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51336 GenevaLunch.com Your guide to a holiday-season weekend in Zurich, an easy train ride from Lake Geneva Click on images to view larger Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The charm of Zurich is at its brightest in the lead-up to Christmas. Daytime offers plenty of activities for children and adults alike, but the real fun starts in the [...]

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