Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines. (Getty) Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and ...

Mine owners told The Australian that a set time was allocated to load coal on the long trains that service the mines, but if the carriages were not loaded in that time, they departed anyway. Most coal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The train transport of coal yields significant fine particulate matter emissions in dense urban regions. The ...

Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so than other freight or passenger trains, according to a study conducted ...