Heavy rains during the second weekend in March caused flooding that washed out a portion of Tanzania's Central Line at Godegode in the Mpwapwa District. According to the Tanzania Daily News, published...
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In mid-March, heavy rains caused washouts in the newly repaired section of Caminhos de ferro de Benguela (CFB) between Kuito in central Bie province and Luena in eastern Moxico province. In one place...
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The assistant driver of a freight train died in hospital following a derailment in Namibia on 7 March and the driver sustained serious injuries. The 35-wagon consist was carrying manganese ore from...
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A massive power failure at the end of February stranded Metrorail trains and knocked out signalling throughout the length of the Cape Town-Simon's Town suburban line. Press photos showed commuters who...
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Suburban passenger train service into Nairobi from Kibera, Gatekwera and Kikuyu was suspended on 18 March following a derailment at Kibera outside the city. Commuters were advised to use alternative...
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According to TransNamib acting CEO Eugenia Tjaronda, the derailment during December 2012 behind Dune 7 near Walvis Bay cost the parastatal more than N$65 million. The two locomotives ' both write-offs...
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On 2 March, all rail traffic through Voi, 164km from Mombasa on the main-line to Nairobi, was halted for some six hours following the derailing of a Magoda Soda freight train. The cause was suspected...
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Lengthy and very costly stoppage in the movement of export coal hit Mozambique's Moatize mines on 12 February. This resulted from the closure of the Sena line to the port of Beira following washaways...
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A serious goods train derailment involving ten wagons near Tenga on the Maputo-South Africa main-line in mid-February resulted in total closure of the route to all traffic. The accident weakened the...
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On 1 March, protestors blocked the railway in Upper Egypt by standing on the line, shutting down all train operations. Chairman of the National Association for the Egyptian Railways Hussein Zakaria...
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