India's Anil Kakodkar committee which is reviewing railway safety has found that human excrement has corroded a 'significant percentage' of the country's rails 'Every time a passenger uses the toilet...
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On 8 March, 26 wagons in a freight train came off the track in Abbeville, South Carolina, resulting in 50 nearby residents being evacuated from their homes because of a derailed tankcar carrying...
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According to Buanews, published by the South African government information service, a Transnet Freight Rail campaign to warn motorists and pedestrians about the dangers of not observing safety...
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On 20 March 2012, 15 people were killed when an express train from Mathura to Kasganj ran into a vehicle carrying 17 on a level crossing near Madu station in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. A...
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The theft of copper wire from Amtrak resulted in James Martin, 40, being charged on 25 February with 'theft by unlawful taking, risking catastrophe, criminal trespass' as well as related charges. He...
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According to Metrorail's Western Cape regional management, damage estimated at R12 million was caused when three coaches burned in Khayelitsha on 20 March. Services on the line were delayed until the...
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Metrorail in Cape Town reported yet another train arson attack - the fourth in twelve days - on the morning of 23 March. Two coaches were gutted near the Philippi station....
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On 14 March, two men were thrown from a moving Metrorail commuter train in Johannesburg. Press reports described the location as 'between the Mayfair and Florida stations' though these lie some...
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Metrorail train services were disrupted in several parts of Gauteng on 12 March because of damage due to lightning, Spokesman Tony Games told the press that electronic equipment was hit, affecting...
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Five children were injured, two seriously, when a minibus-taxi carrying 16 scholars was hit by a Transnet Freight Rail train at a level crossing on the border of Soweto and Roodepoort, Johannesburg,...
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