An 18-year-old Kenyan found lying beside the railway at Mwandaa on 2 February, missing his right arm and a leg, was rushed to the Bungoma referral hospital. Daniel Nawate was due to start form one,...
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On the afternoon of 29 January, the trailing motor coach of an inbound Metrorail commuter train from Wellington derailed on trailing points at Brackenfell, 6.6km beyond Bellville (25.7km from Cape...
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On 17 January, a car and train were in collision at the Bergkelder crossing in Stellenbosch. One person in the car was killed and two others were taken to hospital. The reason for the accident was not...
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On 27 January it was reported that 12 metres of rail together with 10 steel sleepers had been removed from Steenbras siding, a short distance past the summit of Sir Lowrys Pass between Cape Town and...
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On Saturday 17 January, four wagons of a Transnet Freight Rail goods train bound from Bellville via Sir Lowrys Pass to Caledon derailed while moving out of the loop to regain the single-track...
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On 14 January, a gang made its way through a Metrorail train in Cape Town's southern suburbs, shocking passengers with stun guns and robbing several. One man who was stabbed badly had to have severed...
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Rail traffic was halted on 10 January after an explosive device placed on the Beheira railway in Egypt blew a hole a metre deep and damaged the track. There were no casualties. According to civil...
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While empty tankcars were being shunted at Island View on the Wests branch near the Durban harbour complex on 12 January, a minor derailment occurred, reportedly as the result of the locomotive's...
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On 17 January, Central East African Railways (CEAR) spokesman Chisomo Mwamadi announced the suspension of all rail service in the south of Malawi due to severe and widespread flood damage. Track was...
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The generator van of a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train from Bulawayo caught fire a short distance from Harare on 4 January and burned out at Somersby siding despite attention from...
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