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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According to South Africa’s Rail Safety Regulator (RSR), rail accidents cost the country R590 million annually. There were 4,632 incidents in 2014-2015 compared with 4,262 in the previous...
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A two-year-old girl fell from a Metrorail train between Cape Town’s Heathfield and Diep River stations on 22 February. She was taken to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital where she recovered from head...
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Arrests in connection with thefts that occurred mainly in the Free State and Mpumalanga provinces, affecting not only Eskom equipment but Transnet, Telkom and local municipalities as well, resulted in...
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Three coaches from the Metroplus Express, and two from the Business Express burned out in a fire inside Pretoria’s main station on 23 February. Four people have been arrested. Two other trains were...
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Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has a designated train which runs through certain branch lines in order to eradicate weeds. As the train drives down the tracks it sprays weed killer from nozzles attached...
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On 22 February, commuters reported that a man had been pushed out of a Metrorail train near Vereeniging. ER24 paramedics found the 23-year-old lying on the ground with a badly injured leg. He was...
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On 10 February, a locomotive of the Rift Valley Railway (RVR) company reportedly ran away in Nairobi and travelled some 14km with nobody on board. Apparently the driver had problems with the braking...
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