TRAIN SURFER ELECTROCUTED

On 19 March, a suburban electric 'train surfer' was electrocuted in Umhlali, KwaZulu-Natal. According to Metrorail's Thandi Mkhize, "It was not known how the man climbed on top of the train. It is...

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CROSSING COLLISION KILLS SEVEN

Three high school girls aged 16 and 17 and four adults died on 3 March when the Toyota Venture panel van in which they were travelling to a school in Welgeval, outside Rustenburg, collided with a...

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WAGONS SET ON FIRE

According to BuaNews, the government's news publication, a Transnet Freight Rail goods train was set alight at Kleigrond near Vereeniging on 1 March, apparently by local people protesting about...

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FATAL DRIVE OFF CAPE TOWN BRIDGE ONTO RAILWAY

On 7 February, two men in a bakkie travelling on the N1 in the direction of Cape Town are thought to have swerved to avoid hitting a vagrant. The vehicle hurtled through a large gap in a bridge...

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BUSINESS CLASS TRAINS ATTACKED

Windows were smashed when the Pretoria-Johannesburg "Tshwane Business Express" was stoned at Kempton Park, apparently because it was given priority over ordinary Metrorail commuter trains following a...

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WARRENTON DERAILMENT DIVERTS BLUE TRAIN

On 11 February, the Blue Train and two other Cape main-line passenger expresses were diverted via Bloemfontein due to a goods train derailment at Warrenton, 70km north of Kimberley. The Blue was held...

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STELLENBOSCH CYCLIST SURVIVES SPAT WITH TRAIN

A 20-year-old University of Cape Town student from America is "very lucky" to be alive after being hit (from behind) by a Metrorail commuter train near Stellenbosch. She was cycling with friends at a...

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TIED TO LINE: LOSES LEG

Carolyn Frost, editor of The Bolander (Western Cape) was outraged. Maybe you will be too: 'The inhumane dumping of a pregnant dog, found tied to railroad tracks near Wellington last Friday, has...

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STUDENT DIES AT YSTERPLAAT

On 25 January, an 18-year-old college student was killed when struck by a train as he crossed the tracks at Ysterplaat station, a few kilometres from the Cape Town terminal. Press reports quoted...

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RAIL SAFETY REGULATOR TO INSPECT IN CT

South Africa's Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is to undertake a second series of inspections in Cape Town during February, with specific reference to lines in Philippi and Nyanga. The work forms part...

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