On 14 August, the 05:00 Transnet Freight Rail working from Lydenburg to Steelpoort in Mpumalanga derailed seven empty wagons at Apiesdoring, 192km from Lydenburg. No injuries were reported....
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On 14 August, a Transnet Freight Rail motor-car train was derailed near Balfour on the main Johannesburg-Durban line when a coal truck failed to stop at a level crossing. Photos of the accident showed...
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A costly derailment in the station at Rustenburg late in July 2013 involved two class 7E electric locomotives and a number of ore wagons. Damage to rolling stock and lineside infrastructure was...
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Radio reports early in August reported serious afternoon commuter service delays at Woodstock, one station from the central Cape Town terminus. The cause was said to be a 'passenger-related' incident...
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Cable theft remains a huge problem in South Africa, the main victims being Telkom, Eskom and the railways. Whole areas get cut off when key phone lines are stolen, while suburban commuter services '...
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On 15 July, 22 out of 42 loaded wagons in a coal train came off the track on Mozambique's Sena Line. The incident took place in the central Mozambican province of Sofala at Magagade in the district of...
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At about 17:00 on 12 July, train 2249 ex Polokwane to Tzaneen derailed at km77. Two class 34 diesel locos and 18 tankcars left the line. The driver, who reportedly sustained a badly hurt foot, was...
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The Kano-Lagos passenger train derailed in Kaku on the outskirts of Kaduna during the first week of July. A number of passengers were injured and taken to hospital. According to the Nigerian Railway...
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The department of South Africa's Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) is now divided into five regions; Gauteng, Nelspruit, Durban, Port Elizabeth Western and Northern Cape. This arrangement facilitates...
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Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) conducted a joint safety community awareness campaign involving the railway police together with the company's security and risk departments in Georgedale on 8 June 2013....
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