A 5km-long traffic jam, in a new dual-carriageway with three lanes closed - stretching all the way along Bayhead Road, well into South Coast Road and across the new bridge leading over the railway to...
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Kopanong Station on the commuter railway to Mabopane, 39km north of Pretoria, is a wreck. The building, currently cordoned off, was extensively vandalised following train delays on 11 October, with...
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In 2008, according to papers lodged by Metrorail, construction of a new shopping centre at Amanzimtoti began to threaten the stability of the adjacent KZN South Coast railway. Acting regional manager...
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A man accused of strangling a Transnet Freight Rail locomotive driver at the Makhado station on 4 June has made an initial court appearance. He was due to apply for bail at a hearing on 22 October....
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Following a lightning strike during a storm on the afternoon of 11 October, commuters disgruntled by the resultant train delays set fire to rolling stock and vandalised the station offices at...
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On 29 September, barely eight days after the first public passenger service operated on Angola's Caminhos de ferro de Moçamedes (CFM) in more than twenty years, two trains collided about 13km west of...
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The driver of a Tanzania -Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) 29-wagon freight train died following a derailment on 19 September. His assistant sustained injuries. The location of the incident was...
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Nearly-new Sheltam diesel-electric locos 3016 and 3020 are lying out of service at Beira in Mozambique following a recent collision. It is understood they were hauling a freight train on the Sena Line...
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On 28 September, South Africa's Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) released its report on the 19 May 2011 Metrorail train crash in Soweto that injured 857 people.
The investigators found that a train...
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Councillor Tim Brauteseth is pressing Transnet to clean up the railway area at Pinetown, which he says looks like a massive tip-heap. "From the Harvey Road bridge and south to the station, there are...
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