The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR) inspectors are investigating an incident in which a Shosholoza-Meyl train carrying 90 passengers, derailed outside Polokwane on Monday morning.
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A serious derailment on 21 June between Bilinga and Tchitondi - about 60km from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville - reportedly resulted in some 60 deaths. Chemin de fer Congo-Océan...
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Recently refitted class 15F no 3117 heading a steam-hauled excursion derailed in a cutting on 20 June due to sleeper theft. There were more than 600 passengers on board the run from Pretoria to...
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On 24 June, 15 wagons in a Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train carrying dolomite derailed in Sprucewell, near Balfour in Mpumalanga, closing both tracks of the main Johannesburg-Durban line. According...
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The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR) inspectors are investigating the derailment of a Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train, which took place in the early hours of Thursday 24 June, in Sprucewell near...
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RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR INVESTIGATES CULLINAN DERAILMENT
Following a derailment early this afternoon of a steam locomotive, owned and operated by a private operator, Friends of Rail, traveling...
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On 11 June, the first day of the Soccer World Cup, part of a 12-coach 8M commuter train derailed on the Khayelitsha line between the Philippi and Stock Road stations in Cape Town. The set was split to...
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Soon after leaving Kano station en route to Nguru in Yobe state, a passenger train derailed on 10 June. No serious injuries were reported but some 400 passengers were left stranded and several nearby...
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Cable theft during the night of 3-4 June stranded an early Friday morning Metrorail electric commuter train at Randfontein, 45km west of Johannesburg. Angry passengers, realising they would be late...
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The following is a report exactly as it appeared in iol.co.za:
'Two people were injured and 18 were escaped with no injuries when two trains collided in Kempton Park on Saturday [5 June], Johannesburg...
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