MAJOR DERAILMENT AT MULDERSVLEI

There was a major derailment at Muldersvlei, 47km north of Cape Town on Easter Friday 22 April. A number of flat wagons came off the line and some containers were destroyed. The main-line remained...

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SORRY NO SHOSH MEYL ' NO LOC0S

According to a 4 May radio report: Passengers booked on a Shosholoza Express to Johannesburg on 3 May were told at Cape Town that the train had been cancelled as there were no locomotives....

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MABOPANE COLLISION

On 8 April, one fully-laden Metrorail passenger train rear-ended another that was stationary on a bridge above John Vorster Drive in Rosslyn, north-west of Pretoria. Both were en route to Mabopane ....

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METRORAIL'S IDENTIFIED SHORTCOMINGS

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana told a media briefing in Johannesburg on 12 April: 'The probability of one of Metrorail's coaches failing is currently once every 22...

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STRATEGY TO REDUCE EMPTY MILEAGE

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana told a media briefing in Johannesburg on 12 April that Metrorail is to decentralise operations, to reduce the number of empty trains...

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COAL LINE DERAILMENT

A derailment near Ermelo on South Africa's heavy-haul coal rail line to Richards Bay put back throughput by some 500,000 tons, industry sources told the Reuters news agency. Both lines of the double...

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GERMISTON DERAILMENT

The morning peak-hour derailment of a commuter train at Germiston on 22 March resulted in 34 injuries according to Metrorail, while Netcare 911 said their staff treated 58 people. The incident closed...

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46 DERAILMENTS ON BEIRA LINE

Lack of maintenance on the Beira-Zimbabwe railway caused 46 derailments in just two months, according to a spokesperson for Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique (CFM ' the state railway & harbours), cited...

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FLOODS DERAIL TRANSNAMIB TRAIN

On 12 February, floodwater from Namibia's Dabib River washed away the railway between Hardap en Salzbrunn, just north of Mariental , resulting in the derailment of a 17-wagon, Windhoek-bound train...

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CAPE TOWN TRAINS DISRUPTED

From early on Monday 14 February, serious disruption of Cape Town commuter services followed extensive vandalism and cable theft on the busy Khayelitsha section. A shuttle service was introduced...

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