A derailment on 13 April, previously reported to us but at that stage unconfirmed, occurred between Benoni and Springs on the East Rand. A locomotive and eight wagons were involved, the cause being...
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The Gauteng-Ermelo line, damaged when a tankcar carrying chemicals caught fire on 20 April at Bethal, Mpumalanga - 132km east of Springs - was reopened to traffic on 24 April. Traffic carrying...
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On 25 April, a Metrorail train failed between Northmead and Avenue stations in Benoni, blocking the line for trains from Daveyton. Technical staff sent to attend to the fault and clear the line were...
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On 18 April, News24 reported that eight people were hurt when two suburban electric sets collided at Orlando West in Soweto. Metrorail's western regional manager Paul Zikale was quoted saying the...
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To see what the railway looked like on Sunday 20 April, Vaughan Mostert of Johannesburg University paid a visit to Maraisburg station. 'The service runs once an hour but I was prepared to wait as long...
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According to "Train Traffic Information" on the webpage of Western Cape Metrorail on the morning of 22 April, trains on Cape Town's Central line [Mutual-Bonteheuwel-Nyanga-Khayelitsha and Mitchells...
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Rail traffic through Bethal in Mpumalanga was halted for several days for track repairs after three tankcars containing hazardous chemicals caught fire at the station on 20 April. Bethal lies 132km...
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Police are on high alert at the Daveyton Train Station on the East Rand after angry commuters set two Metrorail offices alight.
It's understood passengers were angry after their train was delayed...
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A Metrorail passenger train bound for Umlazi derailed early on 11 April at Merebank, 14km south of Durban's main station. Though no coaches overturned, 135 people were reported hurt, 21 seriously....
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According to a radio report, three coaches of Shosholoza Meyl's once-weekly Durban-Cape Town train - known formerly as the Trans-Oranje or Orange Express - derailed in the Free State early in April....
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