Gautrain has made much of being disabled-friendly but the real test lies in its capability to deal with equipment failures. A regular user spelled out his experience with the lifts going out of order...
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According to a BBC report, two passenger trains collided in the Badrashin area of Giza, south of Cairo, after rocks were placed on the track. Three coaches in a train from the province of Suhag...
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Security is tight on Cape Town station's intercity platforms yet somebody made off with the carpet from coach 15 on the Blue Train when it arrived from Pretoria one day in July. The train manager...
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On 13 July, a truck carrying farm workers ignored a train's siren - according to eyewitnesses - then drove in front of it and was hit on a crossing between Malelane and Hectorspruit in eastern...
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On 9 July, northbound passengers reportedly waited an hour for the Gautrain departure scheduled for 16:40, and were subjected to a further delay of 30 minutes at Sandton. Commuters at Marlboro...
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On Tuesday 10 July, according to radio reports, Gautrain commuters were 'left stranded' at Marlboro due to 'technical problems'. Spokesperson Errol Braithwaite said subsequently that normal operations...
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On 2 July a total power failure reportedly immobilised all trains on the entire Gautrain system including the airport branch for 90 minutes from 19:15, leaving everything ' trains, stations and the...
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One person was killed instantly at the level crossing in Kampala's old Port Bell road when a train ran into three people on a 'boda-boda' (commuter motor bike). The cyclist and the second passenger...
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Two men, said to be in their thirties, were killed and another two injured when their car was hit by a train on a crossing outside Hotazel in the Northern Cape on 7 July. One man died on the spot and...
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Heavy rains in Abeokuta state (south-west Nigeria) on 28 June caused washaways at Lafenwa which stranded some 300 passengers in a 12-coach train from Ilorin bound for Lagos. Earlier, on its approach...
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