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Ladies First: Czech Railways Rolls Out Female-Priority Compartments

Sorry, fellas, these seats are taken. In hopes of improving services for women, Czech Railways recently introduced “Ladies Compartments,” which will give priority seating to women and provide improved comfort.

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Look Out For ‘The Big Man’ on Scottish Trains, Scofflaws

Don’t even think about riding the rails in Scotland without a ticket.

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Video: Fiery Train Derailment Leads to Evacuation of Illinois Town

A freight train carrying ethanol jumped the tracks in northern Illinois, causing a nearly half-mile-long explosion and prompting the evacuation of the town’s 800 residents.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Hire an Entire Train to Scotland

Comedian Chris Rock likes to say that he always wanted enough money to be able to buy an elephant. Not because he wants the animal, he’d just like the option. Brangelina must have been listening.

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Self-Described ‘Well Educated Person’ Is Also Incredibly Obnoxious

A rapidly spreading viral video starts after an altercation between the train passenger and the employee has already started. We don’t know how their disagreement got to this point, but we do know that the passenger’s defense—”I am a very well educated person!”—is giving education a bad name.

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Transit Nightmare: Woman Talks on Cell for 16 Hours in Quiet Car, Gets Booted

NewsFeed would rather jump off a cliff than hear a stranger yap incessantly for hours.

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Glee‘s Dalton Warblers to Release Their Very Own Album

Gleeks prepare … the Dalton boys are coming.

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The Village Voice Has Spoken: The 20 Worst Songs of 2010

Oh Village Voice, with your hipster sensibilities, why do you have to come down so hard on the music that gives so much pleasure to the masses? That being said, can’t wait to read more!

A China Railway High-Speed train enters Bengbu south railway station, a stop in Anhui province on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line, on Friday Dec. 3, 2010. The Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 302 miles per hour Friday during a test run of a yet-to-be opened link between Beijing and Shanghai, state media said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Junxi)

Chinese Train Hits A Record Breaking 300 MPH

A passenger train in China hit a record speed of 302 mph Friday, the fastest speed ever recorded by a conventional commercial train.

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Lost Luggage: Musician Forgets Million-Dollar Violin on Train

A $1.4 million antique violin isn’t something you want to accidentally forget on a train.  But that’s just what happened to a panicked German musician on Friday night.