DURBAN CABLE CAR RESCUE

Four people were rescued on Durban's beachfront on 9 June when the cable-car in which they were travelling developed a technical fault, leaving them suspended in mid-air. The Mercury quoted Netcare...

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ANGRY COMMUTERS BURN STATION

It doesn't only happen in South Africa. Associated Press reports that commuters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently burned part of a station and fought with riot police after breakdowns caused long...

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LOUIS TRICHARDT DERAILMENT

According to a local press report, problems on the railway between Louis Trichardt en Musina in Limpopo could be instances of sabotage, committed for unknown reasons. On 17 May, part of a goods train...

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RICHARDS BAY CANCELLATIONS

Spoornet cancelled 13 trains due to a computer problem at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal on 16 and 17 May, but trains were running smoothly the next day and everything should be back to normal once...

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SUSPECTED THEFT

The following e-mail was sent to Stockton-on-Tees police this morning (9 May 2007). 'I would like to bring to your attention the following Auction...

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DEAD ON THE LINE

South Africa The body of a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old with head injuries, both described as Mozambican nationals, were found on the railway at Kuils River, 25km from Cape Town, at 07:45 on 2...

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TEMBISA STATION: TWO SHOT

South Africa A security guard and a female member of the public were seriously wounded in a robbery at a railway station in Tembisa on 2 May. According to the police, quoted by Sapa, two Fidelity...

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R6M DAMAGE IN PRETORIA TRAIN FIRE

Train services resumed east of Pretoria on the afternoon of 19 April following an early morning incident when commuters set fire to two coaches. Lucky Montana, chief executive of the SA Rail Commuter...

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ZIM DREAILMENT

A goods train blocked the Chiredzi line near Bannockburn after one of its wagons derailed on 21 April. A passenger train from Bulawayo to Chiredzi, and one running in the opposite direction, could not...

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CAPE TOWN STATION FIRE

One person was fatally burned after a coach caught fire at Cape Town's main railway station on 18 April, according to an SABC report. The cause of the blaze was not known, but may have been caused by...

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