CEMETERY'S DECEMBER BLUES

Then there was the cemetery with overloading problems during December, when there was only a skeleton staff left on duty....

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BBR FREIGHT DERAILMENT NEAR THOMPSON JUNC

A freight train operated by the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) derailed on 26 November near Thompson Junction on the Victoria Falls line of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). No details could...

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CAPE METRORAIL TROUBLES

Radio bulletins on Friday 28 November reported delays on Metrorail's Simon's Town line. During the course of 27 and 28 November, the 'GoMetro' webpage warned first of delays at Simon's Town due to...

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CONFUSION AT SANDTON STATION ALARM

A 'blaring' hooter that sounded at Gautrain's Sandton station on Friday morning 21 November reportedly sent commuters scurrying. Apparently it was a 'false fire alarm' (according to Bombela's Errol...

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EGYPTIAN EXPLOSIONS DISRUPT TRAINS

A 22 November explosion on Egypt's Sharqiya line damaged a metre-long section of rail and left a cavity beneath the track. Train services had to be suspended until repairs were completed and security...

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METRORAIL DERAILMENT CENTURION

Our attention has been drawn to a release by the Railway Safety Regulator concerning an occurrence at Centurion on 2 October which was not reported here at the time. Apparently a Metrorail commuter...

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MORE TRAIN BOMBS IN EGYPT

On 13 November, 16 people were injured when a bomb exploded in a Cairo metro train. It appears they were hurt when passengers panicked and stampeded in trying to leave the coach. Nobody was reported...

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DERAILMENT IN KENYA

Lengthy delays to suburban passenger service followed the derailing of a Rift Valley Railways freight train on the main-line at Embakasi, a residential area east of Nairobi's CBD, on 11 November 2014....

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ONE FATALITY, 70 DEAD IN ALGERIA

An Algiers-Thenia electric passenger train derailed on 5 November near the Hussein-Dey station. A woman died and 70 people were hurt, according to the Algerie Presse Service. Prime Minister Abdelmalek...

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BOMB IN EGYPTIAN STATION

According to an Egyptian state website, two policemen died and 15 people were injured on 5 November when a bomb exploded in a railway station in the Nile Delta province Minufiya. It was believed the...

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