The Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW) plant at Nigel in Ekurhuleni is connected to the 37km Springs-Kaydale railway by a lengthy private siding. On 10 July, five men were found on this line by security...
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A tourist from overseas died and about 20 were hurt on 1 July when a freight train from Thomson Junction hauled by diesel-electric class DE10A 1044 ran into the sightseeing tram at Victoria Falls...
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On 26 June, Shosholoza Meyl's intercity train from Johannesburg derailed immediately after moving from the Down main-line onto a platform approach track at Port Elizabeth station. Class 7E loco E7003...
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On 29 June, a 14-year-old schoolboy was robbed and pushed off a moving train near Warner Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. Paramedics took him to hospital where he was treated for minor injuries...
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A policeman and four others described as conscripts were injured on 16 June when an Egyptian freight train carrying military vehicles derailed in Beheira's Kafr al-Dawar. Seven other trains were...
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In June 2013, it was learned that criminals intended to steal copper wire from the railway overhead on a certain night. A task team was
deployed in the area where the theft was planned and an...
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During the first week of June, intimidation, violence and general lawlessness were targeted at Transnet workers who chose not to take part in strike action at Ngqura, organised by the National Union...
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On 27 May, 32 wagons out of 42 in a coal train on Mozambique's Sena Line derailed at Tchavundira in the Mutarara district of Mozambique's Tete province. The independent Maputo daily O Pais reported...
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Some idea of the problems facing Metrorail in Cape Town can be judged from the following official announcements on a typical day (Mon 2 June):
Metrorail Line Announcements:
For Monday Jun 2 2014...
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According to a joint South African Press Associaton/Agence-France-Presse report, the 'colonial railway' in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a 'risky ride', as little maintenance has taken...
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