The preliminary indications point to human error from the Train Control Officer as the cause of the collision, as a result of both trains being admitted (allowed) to a single line. Both the Metrorail...
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Media reports indicate that two passenger trains collided on 23 June at 16:00 on Swinton Road, Lamontville, south of Durban.
The number of casualties remains unclear, but sources report that...
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At a recent press conference, transport minister Dipuo Peters disclosed a number of relevant figures:
There has been a 6% increase in rail-related accidents during the current financial year,...
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A weed-killer vehicle derailed on the East Lancashire Railway, obstructing Metrolink light rail services in Bury, near Manchester. Trams were unable to run between the Bury and Radcliffe stations....
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Six wagons in a freight train derailed east of Cobourg, Ontario, on Sunday 20 March, resulting in a road east of Grafton being closed for several hours. There were no injuries and no dangerous goods...
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Thousands of commuters were stranded in London and elsewhere over Easter after rail lines were flooded. Snow and winds up to 150km/h battered most of Britain. Police formed human barriers at London...
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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief express, en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, derailed seven of its nine coaches on a straight section of track in rural Kansas about 32km west of Dodge City. The line is...
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On 15 March, one wagon in a freight train derailed near the Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, San Diego. Nobody was injured and traffic was not disrupted. No reason has been determined for the...
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Emergency procedures where put into effect when two railway wagons loaded with bombs, for conveyance to ministry of defence stores, derailed at a factory in Khamaria, Jabalpur. Emergency services...
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San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has stopped running trains over a section of track near Concord because of an electrical problem that has damaged 50 coaches. A high spike in voltage was...
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