Islamic militants fighting the Egyptian government are suspected to be responsible for two bomb attacks on trains. On 5 November, three people were injured in the explosion of a bomb aboard a commuter...
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Morning peak hour suburban services approaching Cape Town's main terminal were seriously delayed on Friday 31 October due to theft of four metres of multi-core signalling cables during the night....
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Train services were disrupted for four days until 28 October following a collision between two Transnet Freight Rail trains at Tenga, about 50km outside Maputo. Five crew members were treated in...
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On Sunday 26 October, 19 Metrorail commuter coaches were set on fire in Cape Town's Salt River depot. According to an official statement, effectively five peak hour scheduled trips were lost on 27...
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A Transnet Freight Rail train derailed in Hammanskraal, 45km north of Pretoria, on 3 October, apparently due to Pandrol clips being stolen from the concrete sleepers. No further detail was revealed in...
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On 6 October, Newclare station west of Johannesburg was looted and vandalised. According to media reports, a crowd of more than 200 people believed to be from Kathrada informal settlement were...
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Morning peak-hour Gautrain services on the Pretoria line were disrupted on 21 October. Reportedly only one track was operational between Centurion and Midrand, causing delay to scheduled trains and...
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A bus carrying 45 people which stalled on a mine railway crossing near Rustenburg on 17 October was hit by a locomotive. Reportedly 30 passengers were taken to hospital, including two 'critically'...
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Buses were brought in to carry passengers on Gautrain's airport line on 13 October. Service was halted due to a power failure which meant no trains could operate between Sandton and O R Tambo...
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Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) district manager south-west zone Rasheed Gbadamosi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the corporation suffered substantial loss of revenue due to the main...
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