Rail passengers faced disruption after a train hit animals near Stoke-on-Trent. East Midlands Railway issued a travel warning after a number of animals were struck between Blythe Bridge and ...

In fiscal 2017 that ended in March 2018, 69 train collisions with animals occurred between Takao and Kobuchizawa on the Chuo Line. In fiscal 2018, there were 77. In fiscal 2019, the number hit 108.