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VIDEO: Poland defends rail safety after deadly crash

Poland's government has insisted that rail travel is safe in the country despite a train collision that killed 16 people.

05.03.2012

(AP) Poland's government has insisted that rail travel is safe in the country despite a train collision that killed 16 people. The assurances come months before masses of sports fans will enter the country for a major soccer tournament — many of whom will crisscross the nation by train.

Saturday night's crash, Poland's mostly deadly rail tragedy in more than two decades, raised new questions about the safety of a state-run rail network, which has undergone modernization in recent years. Poland still has a rail system marked by the legacy of the communist decades, but has been working to upgrade trains and tracks.