On 19 July, a 17-year-old schoolboy died after being stabbed during a scuffle with a group of men at Philippi station, near Mitchells Plain in Cape Town. According to the Cape Argus,the boy was with...
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A joint operation involving Eskom, Transnet, the police and Johannesburg City Power led to the recovery of 'thousands of metres of copper wire under a mountain of scrap' at a yard in Amalgam, off Main...
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The driver of a South African Metrorail commuter train who rear-ended a freight consist on 2 January 2011 has been fired. Damage to the value of R12 million was caused and a guard was in hospital for...
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According to SA Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) figures quoted by the Mail & Guardian, daily collisions on the country's railways averaged 3.28 in 2009. The total of 1,200 compared with 1,002 in 2008....
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In mid-May, two class 34 diesel locos derailed on the Cullinan branch east of Pretoria as a result of sleeper theft. In the last weekend of May, more sleepers were stolen, resulting in the...
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During May, electric points motors were stolen at Capital Park yard and on the line from Pretoria North to Rustenburg. A 28 May hook-up at Bon Accord north of Pretoria (loco pantograph tangling in and...
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[caption id="attachment_14887" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Paramedics and rescue workers attend to injured commuters lying on the tracks after a train crashed into the back of another...
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[caption id="attachment_14896" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="DISASTER: More than 800 people were injured in the Soweto train accident last week. Picture: Matthews Baloyi"][/caption]On 23...
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It wasn't the subway this time, but a surface line near Khuma, in South Africa's North-west province. According to a Sapa report, Mama Sekhamane, 26, was 'lying across the tracks' when she was hit by...
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At about 17:50 on 19 May, a Metrorail commuter train from Johannesburg ran into the rear of Soweto Business Express #2 between the Mzimhlophe and Phomolong stations. Evidently there was no derailment,...
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