A derailment at Commondale in KwaZulu-Natal on 6 December resulted in closure of the coal line to Richards Bay for four days. Transnet Freight Rail spokesperson Sandile Simelane told I-Net Bridge that...
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On 8 December, a Transnet Freight Rail train derailed at Kanonkop, 97km north of Cape Town on the line to Bitterfontein. Kanonkop is the first station beyond Malmesbury (18km). Both class 35 locos...
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The Brakspruit Bridge has been reopened following the derailment of a rock phosphate train on 19 September 2010 that knocked the first two steel spans off the supporting piers.
This resulted in...
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Two class 37 diesels - 37-076 and 37-094 ' were badly damaged and the driver died when a train derailed in a cutting at Kromkloof, between Bosoord and Bultkop, 84km from Belfast on the Steelpoort...
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At approximately 12:15 on 5 November, a Metrorail train caught fire at the Braamfontein yard where rolling stock is stabled. No injuries were reported, but three Metrorail employees were treated for...
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More information on the serious 15 October derailment near Bushtick, 58km south of Bulawayo on the line to Beitbridge, was contained in the following report from the Bulawayo Chronicle:
'A trainee...
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The news spreads at night during a suspiciously long stop in the middle of nowhere: the train derailed and we are waiting for the rescue squad. In the morning we find that the engine is gone and the...
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The latest figures released by South Africa's Rail Safety Regulator ' for the financial year 2008-2009 - show that the direct costs of rail accidents to the country amounted to R635 million. These...
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A woman who died when her car collided with a train at a level crossing in Paarl on 25 October appeared to have ignored all the warning signs prior to the accident, Western Cape transport MEC Robin...
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Two people including the driver died and four were seriously injured on 14 October when a Bulawayo-Beitbridge goods train derailed near Esigodini. Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector...
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