TransNamib has appointed a commission to investigate the serious derailment 15km south of Windhoek on 28 August, which killed the driver and seriously injured his assistant. Comprising a locomotive...
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On 18 September, three men apparently intent on robbing passengers knifed a 21-year-old Kuils River man on a Metrorail train near Goodwood station, on the main-line to Bellville. Leslie van Minnen of...
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In a recent derailment at Heuningspruit, 34km north of Kroonstad on the main-line from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg, a number of wagons carrying timber left the line in the station. When Eugene Armer...
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A derailment on the main-line west of Durban on 17 September blocked both lines, causing serious disruption to freight and passenger traffic. Transnet Freight Rail spokesperson Selby Dlamini was...
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Three wagons derailed during shunting operations in East London's Gately industrial area on 12 September, spilling huge quantities of maize. The 132 ton cargo had arrived from the Free State and was...
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Morning peak-hour commuter train services on the Cape Town-Bellville-Paarl-Wellington line were suspended, then ran more than an hour late, on 11 September following a telephoned bomb warning....
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A 29 August Metrorail commuter train to Johannesburg had to he held at Midannadale, 37km from Vereeniging, because schoolchildren were 'surfing' on coach roofs beneath the 3,000V overhead traction...
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In a derailment about 15km south of Windhoek on 28 August, the locomotive and eight wagons of a heavily loaded ballast train overturned, causing considerable damage to the track. The driver was killed...
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South African Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Chief Executive Officer Mosenngwa Mofi has announced strengthened safety measures to reduce the incidence of collisions, derailments and other...
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[Translated from a letter in Die Burger, 24 August]
I read with astonishment how the executive head of the Rail Safety Regulator, Mr Mosenngwa Mofi, alleges that most train collisions and derailments...
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