22/01/2013 | Argentina

Relatives of Once tragedy victims criticize government’s 'silence'

Survivors and relatives of the victims of the Once tragedy remembered their loves on the 11th month anniversary of the railroad accident that left 51 people left and hundreds of passengers injured. They also said the National Government’s “silence” is shameful.

18/09/2012 | Argentina

Workers lift strike, Sarmiento service resumes

The Sarmiento train line service between Once and Moreno resumed today after being suspended this morning due to a union conflict, the company informed.

19/10/2012 | Argentina

Schiavi, Jaime indicted for Once train crash probe

Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío indicted former Transport Secretaries Juan Pablo Schiavi and Ricardo Jaime in connection with the probe of the Once train crash which killed 51 people on February 22.

22/10/2012 | Argentina

Once crash victims commemorated 8 months on

Family members and friends of the Once train crash victims gathered at the central train station in Buenos Aires this morning in order to commemorate their loved ones, eight months after the tragedy that killed 51 people and left more than 700 injured.

17/08/2012 | Argentina

Once tragedy: Court ratifies State cannot act as plaintiff

A court ratified Judge Claudio Bonadío’s ruling denying the Planning Ministry to act as plaintiff in the probe for the Once train crash, in which 51 people died on February 22nd.

31/08/2012 | Argentina

Official charged in Once train crash case resigns

The under-secretary of the Transport Secretary's Regulation department, Antonio Sícaro, tendered his resignation after the families of the victims of the Once train crash tragedy rejected his designation.

13/09/2012 | Argentina

Sarmiento train line service delayed due to electrical problems

The Sarmiento train line service, which runs between the Once terminal and Moreno station, was running with a reduced schedule today between Liniers and Moreno, due to electrical problems.

14/06/2012 | Argentina

Randazzo, BA province mayors decide to work together to improve Sarmiento line service

Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo today met with western Buenos Aires Province mayors to discuss matters regarding the Sarmiento train line.

22/06/2012 | Argentina

Cirigliano and TBA company president released on bail

Buenos Aires City Federal Court issued the release of Cometrans transport company chairman today, and that of TBA president Carlos Ferrari, in the case investigating the cause of the crash at Once central station, which killed 51 people in February.

29/06/2012 | Argentina

Last Once train crash detainee released

A court ordered the release of Carlos Alberto Lluch, a lawyer for Trenes de Buenos Aires, who is accused of withholding important documents related to the probe of the Once train crash.

08/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't extends intervention into TBA train company

The Government extended again their intervention into the TBA trains -which runs the Sarmiento and Mitre lines- for a further fifteen days, in the ongoing investigation into what caused the Once train crash which killed 51 people. The intervention was first opened on February 28.

06/06/2012 | Argentina

Once train crash: TBA owner aims to engine driver

Trains of Buenos Aires (TBA) owner Claudio Cirigliano, who’s arrested as part of the Once train accident and being investigated for “obstructing justice” and “information hiding”, told Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío that the accident's responsibility should fall off the motorman, who couldn't stop the train due to his physical impairment, during a questioning.

08/06/2012 | Argentina

Once train crash: Judge grants house arrest for Cirigliano

Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío granted the benefit of house arrest to the chairman of Trenes de Buenos Aires company, Claudio Cirigliano, over the Once train crash case.

09/03/2012 | Argentina

CFK receives new Transport Secretary in Olivos

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met at Olivos presidential residence with the new Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos, who will have to face several pending issues, among them, the Once train crash.

23/03/2012 | Argentina

'Let us not get used to travelling as if we were cattle,' Cardinal Bergoglio

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio said that the Once train crash was caused by officials who did not comply with their responsibilities as he held a special mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in remembrance of the train crash victims.

10/04/2012 | Argentina

Once tragedy: Federal Court overturns Gov't's role as plaintiff

The Federal Criminal Court today overturned the resolution that enabled the State government to be the plaintiff in the case investigating the causes of the train crash at Once station that killed 51 people in February.

28/02/2012 | Argentina

Once train crash victims' families lead rally at Obelisk

Family members and relatives of the 51 Once train crash victims headed a demonstration in front of the Obelisk, in the crossroads of 9 de Julio and Corrientes Avenues. They claimed for justice and that TBA's contract is terminated "because the service never improves."

05/03/2012 | Argentina

Once tragedy: judge bans Schiavi, TBA chairman from leaving country

Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio banned Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi and the chairman of Trenes de Buenos Aires, Claudio Cirigliano, from leaving the country as investigations as to what caused the Once railway tragedy continues.

06/03/2012 | Argentina

Bonadío rules non-disclosure on Once train crash probe

Judge Claudio Bonadío ruled a non-diclosure order on the probe investigating the Once train crash, which took place on February 22nd and in which 51 people were killed and over 700 were injured.

24/02/2012 | Argentina

Engine driver assures ‘I tried to stop twice’

Marcos Córdoba, the engine driver of the train that crashed at Once station, was released after being questioned by Judge Claudio Bonadío. Nevertheless, the prosecutor of the case, Federico Delgado, did not agree with the decision and said the conditions are still not entirely given to release him.

25/02/2012 | Argentina

Menghini Rey's family: 'We want to say goodbye in peace'

The family of Lucas Menghini Rey, whose body was found inside a carriage of the train that crashed at Once station on Wednesday after being missing for two days, requested peace and tranquility to say their final goodbye. "No image is worth violating this sacred moment," they stated in a communiqué.

27/02/2012 | Argentina

CFK vows to make 'any decisions necessary' in aftermath of Once tragedy

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reappeared in public on Monday and for the first time spoke about the train accident in which 51 people were killed and 703 others were injured. She assured that she would make “any decisions necessary” once the matter is resolved in court.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Missing youngster's family leads rally in Once train station

Family members and friends of Lucas Menghini Rey led a rally a Once train station, as they keep on searching the missing 20 year old, who was inside the train that crashed Wednesday morning and killed 50 people and injured 706.

24/02/2012 | Argentina

Lucas Menghini Rey found dead in train carriage

24/02/2012 | Argentina

Incidents at Once train station central hall

Protesters demonstrated at the Once train station after a body was found 55 hours after the train crash. Families and friends of Lucas Menghini Rey called the protesters to calm down. The police has already evacuated the station.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Macri calls for 'deep analysis to determine why these incidents occur'

Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri congratulated the SAME emergency medical assistance service, Metropolitan Police and Civil Defence for their effective work in the Once train crash. “What we really need is a deep analysis to understand why these things happen,” he said.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Lawmakers postpone Friday's special session over Malvinas

Pro-government and opposition legislators decided to postpone until Saturday the trip to Tierra del Fuego to present the document that will be the base for the “State policy” regarding the sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Engine driver not under the influence at train crash

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Judge orders blood test for Once train's motorman

Judge Claudio Bonadío in charge of the Sarmiento line train crash’s case issued an order to run tests seeking for possible presence of alcohol in the blood torrent of motorman Marco Antonio Córdoba [28], who remains hospitalized at the intensive care unit of the Fitz Roy Clinic in the City neighbourhood of Villa Crespo.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Gov't to act as lead plaintiff in train crash probe

Following the train crash that killed 50 people and left more than 700 injured yesterday, Planning Minister Julio De Vido and Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi came on stage today to give details about the investigation.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

'TBA should lose its concession contracts,' Argentina's Auditor-General

Argentina’s Auditor-General Leandro Despouy stated that TBA company, which holds the Sarmiento and Mitre lines concession, should automatically lose all contracts after yesterday’s fatal train crash that killed 50 and left more than 700 injured in Once Central Station.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

Gov't announces two days of mourning

22/02/2012 | Argentina

CFK expresses 'deep sorrow' for crash victims

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed her “deep regret over the death of citizens in the train tragedy that took place this morning” and send her condolences to the victims’ families.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

Once train crash: 12 bodies remain unidentified

Twelve bodies out of the 50 fatal victims of the train crash that occurred yesterday morning on the tracks of Once station, remained unidentified today, City Civic Defence head Daniel Russo informed this morning.  

22/02/2012 | Argentina

Shocking footage of Once train crash

First footage of this morning's fatal train crash where 49 people were killed and 550 injured were released. The shocking images show the train pulling into Once central station which then buckled after hitting the shock absorbers at the end of the track line.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

'Should this have happened on Carnival holiday, it would've been less terrible,' Schiavi

Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi stated during an appearance before journalists -questions were not allowed-  that the train was slowing down as it entered the station, but “it did not stop,” and assured that “we have enough material” to determine the causes of the accident.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

Complete list of injured people

Folllowing is the complete list of people injured in train crash in Once train station, which have been taken to Ramos Mejía, Durand, Rivadavia, Argerich, Piñero, Pirovano; Vélez Sarsfield, Zubizarreta, Santojanni, Alvarez, Tornú and Penna hospitals.

07/01/2011 | Argentina

Armed robbery inside Once bank branch

Five young thieves entered and commited a robbery in a HSBC bank branch in the Once neighbourhood, along Rivadavia at 2470. The youths attacked a civil policeman who was in a queue for the cashier desk inside the building.

15/11/2011 | Argentina

Once neighbourhood on alert: gas leak causes school to close

Police and firefighters evacuated a high school yesterday in the Once neighbourhood located along Jujuy Avenue at 200, after construction workers hit a pipe causing it to leak.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

'I flew 15 metres forward due to the impact,' says Once crash victim

The accident that saw a Sarmiento line train crash into the platform at Once station this morning and left some 340 people injured, affected hundreds of people on their morning commute. One of the passengers named Fabián, stated to press, “I flew 15 forward due to the impact. I had people piled on top of me, none of us could move.”

01/05/2012 | Entertainment

Irish love story 'Once' leads with 11 Tony nominations

The Broadway musical version of the Irish love story "Once" about a Dublin busker and Czech piano player who share a passion for music and an impossible attraction to each other gained the highest number of Tony Award nominations announced on today.

14/01/2013 | Argentina

Solanas: De Vido ‘responsible’ for Once

Project South leader Fernando “Pino” Solanas accused Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido of being responsible for the railway “failure” that Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo “recognizes.”