At about 02:00 on 20 October 2015, Metrorail suburban trainsets parked at platforms 9 and 10 in Cape Town’s main station caught fire. Four motor coaches and six plain trailers were totally burned out....
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According to South Africa’s Rail Safety Regulator, human error was the cause of 71% of railway accidents in this country last year. Among accidents in the period 2014/2015:10 May 2014: An empty...
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At about 02:00 on 20 October 2015, Metrorail suburban trainsets parked at platforms 9 and 10 in Cape Town’s main station caught fire. Four motor coaches and six plain trailers were totally burned out....
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Commuters on their way home to the southern peninsula had a nasty shock on 8 October when their train burst into flames at Muizenberg. Three teenagers allegedly put off for having the wrong tickets...
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It is reported that the dedicated car train, conveying new vehicles from the Eastern Cape to Gauteng, derailed somewhere near Colesberg, between Noupoort and Springfontein. No details were available...
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On 13 October, two men dressed in female Islamic attire with only their eyes visible, one armed with a gun, entered platform 24 on Cape Town station from the Marine Drive entrance and began shooting –...
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The Shosholoza Meyl intercity passenger train that left East London on Sunday 4 October expected to be in Johannesburg on Monday morning. Passengers were hopeful that it would be a little late,...
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On 30 September, a Shosholoza Meyl intercity train travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town was stranded near Nelspoort in the Karoo, between De Aar and Beaufort West, following the theft of overhead...
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A 15-year-old schoolgirl was robbed of her cellphone and slapped across her face on a train between Cape Town and Pinelands. Metrorail regional manager Richard Walker was quoted saying: "We are...
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The Durban-Johannesburg overnight Shosholoza Meyl express, barely into its journey, was involved in a derailment at Dalbridge on the night of 30 August. Further detail is not available, but it is...
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