Fatalities in the 21 December derailment of a Uganda-bound passenger train in the Shimoni area of Kiberia (the large Nairobi informal settlement) were expected to total as many as seven. Workers...
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In floods which broke a prolonged drought in Tanzania, a key bridge on the central railway line linking Dar-es-Salaam to the capital Dodoma was washed away in the first week of January. According to...
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According to press reports, Train 9909 from Walvis Bay on 1 January derailed between Brakwater and Windhoek as a result of a broken rail. Two locomotives, three coaches and four fuel tank wagons...
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"The South African Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has determined that a significant shortcoming exists in the operating procedures for Radio Train Order [RTO] controlled sections," spokesman Carvel...
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A badly upset motorist who called in to Cape Talk Radio on 15 December reported an unnerving experience at Kenilworth. She said the crossing booms, though not in the normal completely open position,...
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On 12 December, Shane Johnson, 15, on his way home after visiting a friend, slipped through a hole in the fence close to the Kromboom Road bridge over the Cape Flats line near Crawford station....
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More details have been reported about the Namibian collision on 7 December in which a 14-year-old boy was killed. New Era, published in Windhoek, says the driver of the three locomotives left...
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Boon Boonzaaier recalls:
'Almost exactly three years ago (26 December 2006) the last Bushveld Train Safari was stopped at Frederikstad to cross the tourist train from Cape Town.
Our driver dropped...
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According to The Namibian, published in Windhoek, two passenger coaches of a train travelling from the capital to Keetmanshoop with 95 passengers on board were derailed and damaged beyond repair when...
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In February 2007, Adriaan Andrew, then nine years old, lost both legs in an accident at Kalbaskraal station near Malmesbury. His mother instituted an action in the Cape High Court which has ordered...
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