According to Eyewitness News on 26 October, 'Hundreds of Gautrain commuters are frustrated after being stuck for over an hour between Sandton and Marlboro. Angry commuters said the delay was...
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According to a 28 October item on PrimeMedia Eyewitness News, Metrorail said 4.500 commuter trains were delayed by acts of vandalism during the past six months....
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Interviewed by Alec Hogg on Moneyweb on 27 October, David Collett told how he spent between 60 and 90 minutes that morning on a Gautrain set standing immobile between Rosebank and Sandton. Asked if...
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Alec Hogg on Moneyweb, 27 October:
'Our dilemma this morning: we arrived at the Rosebank station to be told that buses would take us to Sandton. We then waited for about 15 minutes for the buses. So...
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Power problems halted Gautrain services north of Marlboro for more than two hours on the afternoon of 11 October, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. Long queues formed for buses, with Centurion...
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Three carriages in an empty train leaving Cape Town station derailed shortly after 09:00 on 15 September. Metrorail regional manager Lindelo Matya said there were no injuries. Initial assessment...
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Reported by Eyewitness News' Mandy Wiener:
'Gautrain officials on Tuesday [30 August] confirmed that a technical problem was reported on one of its trains on the line between Pretoria and...
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Only three days after two Metrorail coaches were burned out in Khayelitsha, another two were set on fire ' according to an internet report in Afrikaans seen by Hennie Heymans. A photo by Elvis...
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All train services between Pretoria and Johannesburg were suspended on 12 August after a Metrorail passenger set collided with a Transnet freight train at Olifantsfontein. Commuters were advised to...
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On 25 August at about 05:00, a motor coach and one trailer in a Metrorail train were set on fire at Nolungile station in Khayelitsha. Rail services were severely disrupted and the Golden Arrow company...
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