The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has lost more than $US29 million through theft of overhead catenary contact wires over the past six months. Lieutenant-Colonel Shadreck Ndabambi, who was...
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According to the SA Railway Society's KwaZulu-Natal Newsletter, a derailment during the first week of June saw three class 35 diesel locos wrecked, together with five loaded timber wagons. The...
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On 28 July, the class 6E1 locomotive hauling a northbound Shosholoza Meyl Zastron-Johannesburg train, with about 150 people on board, broke down at Welgelee in the Free State. Passengers enraged at...
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Five 10M5 Metrorail suburban motor-coaches, newly delivered ex-shops, were destroyed by fire at the Braamfontein depot in Johannesburg, early on 27 July. It seems difficult to believe that a...
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Late afternoon passenger trains were severely disrupted on 27 July following a track problem at Johannesburg's main Park station. According to the university's Dr Vaughan Mostert, 'there were about a...
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Urgent repairs have been completed in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, when a locomotive and 19 wagons came off the track near the Chitsadze river...
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On 14 July, the SABC reported that four people had died following a crossing accident on the main-line at Viljoensdrift, after their vehicle stalled on the line. Three died on the scene, the other...
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Details are sketchy about a 4 June derailment near Masons Mill in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal but photos suggest at least two diesel-electric locomotives ' one of them 35 658 ' rolled and ended up on...
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During the financial year to 31 March 2009, revenue at Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) increased by 12.6% to R18.7 billion compared to the prior year. Iron ore export tons increased by 15% while general...
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South Africa's Metrorail, Cosatu and the Rail Commuters Action Group have signed a deal that includes an operational safety plan and provides means for victims of train violence to claim financial...
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