be performed at London Paddington station as random passengers are asked to pass through detectors and have their bags X-ray scanned. The test period is expected to last about six months. – Royal Hudson steam locomotive 2860 is expected to return to excursion service after its overhaul. Accidents January 23 – The Bioče train disaster in Montenegro kills at least 45 people, including five children, and injures another 184 injured. It is the worst train disaster in Montenegrin history. July 3 – An accident on Valencia Metro kills at least 41 and injures 40. The driver seems to have driven too fast, causing the breaking of a wheel and the derailment of the train. This accident occurs in the very center of Valencia, Spain, as the city makes ready for Pope Benedict XVI's arrival July 8. July 11 – A series of bombs explode aboard commuter trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway in India. An additional bomb is also found, but defused, at the Borivali station. The blasts claim at least 200 lives, and cause hundreds of injuries. The bombs explode during the evening rush hour on trains plying on the western line of the suburban train network, which forms the backbone of Mumbai's transportation network. August 21 – Qalyoub rail accident – A passenger train from Mansoura runs past a signal and crashes into a stopped passenger train in Qalyoub, Egypt, killing 57 and injuring 128 more. Four passenger cars derail in the accident which closes the line in the country's Nile Delta region. The train is estimated as travelling at more than at the time of the collision. In the wake of the accident, Egyptian Railways director Hanafi Abdel Qawi is dismissed. September 22 – 2006 Lathen maglev train accident – A Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collides with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people. This is the first ever fatal accident on a maglev train. December 30 – Heavy rainfall causes a landslide on an embankment near St Blazey, Cornwall, blocking the Atlantic Coast Line. Deaths February deaths February 5 – W. Thomas Rice, president of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 1955–1957, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1957–1967, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, cofounder of CSX Transportation, dies (b. 1913). February 24 – Emery Gulash, prolific and widely published photographer of mid-20th century Midwestern United States railroading, dies (b. 1918). April deaths April 7 –