Armed gunmen robbing passengers on a Metrorail train near Stellenbosch on 1 March opened fire, wounding one man in the upper arm. The incident occurred between the Lynedoch and Eerste River stations....
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On 13 March, an articulated tanker which had stopped at the Magaliesburg R24 level crossing accidentally moved forward and lightly collided with one of the coaches of a Reefsteamers' steam-hauled...
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According to a copy of an official report we just happened to see, a Transnet road vehicle was being driven in the country near Saldanha on 27 January when a goat ran in front, 'causing damage to the...
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The cause of a power failure which shut down Gautrain's airport line was not immediately ascertained. The outage occurred on the afternoon of 12 March, putting the airport service out of action....
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Early on 6 March, a bus that failed to stop at a crossing was in collision with a train in Sharqiya province, east of Cairo. Two adults and five schoolchildren were killed. According to reports, 24...
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South Africa's Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is investigating an incident on 27 February involving a Rovos Rail train at Kaalfontein. The train was on its way from Capital Park to Cape Town, carrying...
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Two people died in a derailment near Magude, about 146km from Maputo on the CFM line to Zimbabwe. According to the Maputo daily Noticias, 12 people were injured in the derailment, four seriously. The...
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According to an official statement from Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique (CFM ' the state railway), a train derailed 146km north of Maputo on 19 February, on the line to Zimbabwe. One person died and...
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A TransNamib train which left Keetmanshoop at 19:00 on 12 February, due in Windhoek at 07h00 the following day, broke down en route. Passengers complained they were left without food or water until a...
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Egyptian news agency Mena reported a 15 February explosion about 200km from Cairo on the railway to Alexandra. There were no injuries but the track was damaged and all train services were cancelled....
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