CABLE THEFT HALTS GAUTRAIN IN ITS TRACKS

Barely a week after Gautrain services began running to Pretoria, theft of about 100 metres of electric cable shut down morning peak-hour operations north of Centurion. "There will be no Gautrain...

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COMBATING CABLE THEFT

A senior police officer from the crime intelligence unit has been brought in to lead the fight against copper theft, newly appointed Transnet CEO Brian Molefe told Chris Barron of the Sunday Times. He...

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MUMBAI MONORAIL CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES

During July, a beam weighing 60 tonnes collapsed at the monorail construction site on RCF Road in Mumbai's Chembur, killing two persons and injuring three. A partial monorail trial run on the Mysore...

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ONE FATALITY, 40 HURT IN POLISH CRASH

On 12 August, one passenger died and 'at least' 40 were hurt (according to police reports) when a Polish intercity train from Warsaw to Katowice derailed at the town of Baby, near the city of Piotrkow...

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SWISS DERAILMENT

Railway accidents in Switzerland are rare. On 8 August, eight people were reported hurt when a regional train headed for the German village of Waldhut with 50 passengers aboard derailed in the...

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BART SYSTEMWIDE SHUTDOWN

Among many similarities between San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) and Gautrain was the choice of a track gauge different from the whole of the rest of the country. Both systems rely...

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BELLVILLE DERAILMENT

On 29 July, early in the morning, a Worcester-bound Metrorail train derailed outside Bellville. Then a power failure disabled the Wellington-Kraaifontein section. Further delays resulted when a...

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CAPE TOWN TRAINS ON FIRE

On 5 August, a Metrorail commuter train was set on fire ' apparently deliberately - at Stikland, 22km east of Cape Town on the main-line to the north. Shortly before 21:00 after the Friday evening...

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COLLISION AT PETRUSBERG

On 10 August, a westbound freight train from Bloemfontein ran head-on into a stationary eastbound train at Petrusberg, on the line to Kimberley. Eyewitnesses said the driver and assistant of the...

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TRACK THEFT ARRESTS

Six people were arrested on 8 August for trying to steal railway lines between Malebitsa and Driefontein, in Tuinplaas, outside Bela Bela, Limpopo police told News24. 'Lieutenant-colonel Mohale...

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