At about 05:00 on 2 June, main-line diesel-electric 34 058 ' en route to shunt the silos at Allanridge (29km north-west of Welkom in the OFS) - ran onto the ground. Running hood-first, and in the...
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A truck with its tipper raised tore down the catenary wires at Blackheath level crossing between Bellville and Eersterivier on 28 May, halting all trains on the Strand and Stellenbosch lines....
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On 3 June, 15 people were hurt, one badly, when a touring coach turned from Main Road, Muizenberg, into Atlantic Road and jammed under the railway bridge. The driver was arrested for reckless driving...
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From a correspondent:
'On Wednesday 19 May it was the derailment of petrol train 1510 near Shallcross on the Natal Main Line after the track had been tampered with. During the same week there were...
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In addition to the fuel train derailment at Burlington near Duirban on 13 May, three other rail mishaps have been reported. A train carrying fuel to Swaziland came off the track between Empangeni and...
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The locomotives and five wagons of a westbound fuel oil train derailed on the main-line near Burlington about 20km west of Durban at 03:30 on 12 May. No confirmation was forthcoming following reports...
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On 13 May, both the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) and the United Transport and Allied Trade Unions (Utatu) emphatically denied that Transnet employees were responsible for...
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On 9 May, a suspected overhead wire break set a motor coach alight on a Metrorail commuter train travelling from KwaDukuza (Stanger) to Durban. Metrorail spokeswoman Thandi Mkhize was quoted saying...
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At Easter, the funicular 'skycar' at Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium stopped working again, this time due to a fault in the data cable. "Unfortunately this data cable is specialised for the skycar and...
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The Railway Safety Regulator(RSR) has learnt of a derailment of a freight train that was carrying diesel at Burlington near Mt. Vernon in KwaZulu-Natal at 03h30 this morning. Two locomotives and five...
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