RAIL LAYING SNARLS DURBAN HARBOUR ROADS

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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MABOPANE SERVICE SUSPENSION CONTINUES

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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METRORAIL WANTS MALL CONSTRUCTION HALTED

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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TRAIN DRIVER'S STRANGLER IN COURT

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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R70 MILLION DAMAGE AT MABOPANE

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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ANGOLA: CFM COLLISION

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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DRIVER DIES IN TAZARA DERAILMENT

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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SHELTAM DIESELS WRECKED IN MOZAMBIQUE

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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857-INJURY SOWETO CRASH REPORT

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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RAILWAY DUMP

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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