TRAIN ALIGHT NEAR DURBAN

On 9 May, a suspected overhead wire break set a motor coach alight on a Metrorail commuter train travelling from KwaDukuza (Stanger) to Durban. Metrorail spokeswoman Thandi Mkhize was quoted saying...

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DURBAN SKYCAR BROKEN AGAIN

At Easter, the funicular 'skycar' at Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium stopped working again, this time due to a fault in the data cable. "Unfortunately this data cable is specialised for the skycar and...

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Derailment of Transnet Freight Rail train in KZN

The Railway Safety Regulator(RSR) has learnt of a derailment of a freight train that was carrying diesel at Burlington near Mt. Vernon in KwaZulu-Natal at 03h30 this morning. Two locomotives and five...

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Railway Safety Regulator Investigates PRASA Rail train incident outside Durban

Following reports of an incident affecting the overhead power line of a PRASA Rail train en route from Redhill to Greenwood Park in KwaZulu-Natal, which resulted in a number of injuries, the Railway...

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AMTRAK DERAILMENT

On 27 April, the locomotive and leading coach of an Amtrak train from Chicago derailed as it pulled into the station at Milwaukee. 'The back set of wheels on the locomotive and the first set of wheels...

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SPIKE THIEF STALLED ON TRACK

A 59-year-old man who abandoned his pickup when it got stuck on the railway in Odessa, Texas, was arrested by local police. They handed him over to the Union Pacific railway police because the...

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METRORAIL BREAKDOWN: TRAIN PELTED WITH ROCKS

From a Cape Argus report: 'Enraged commuters pelted a full passenger carriage with rocks and stones after their own train broke down, leaving them stranded near Ysterplaat station this morning [30...

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TFR SHOULD HAVE APPLIED ROVOS BRAKES

According to a Sapa report, 'Handbrakes of the luxury train that rolled away and derailed in Pretoria on Wednesday [21 April] were not on, the Railway Safety Regulator has found. Neither were the...

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SIGNALS DIDN'T WORK AT FATAL CROSSING

On 16 April, a 26-year-old dance instructor was killed when her car was struck by an Amtrak passenger train at a Chicago crossing. She was on her way home from the nearby university. The express was...

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FATAL METRORAIL STABBING

Early on 28 April, a 21-year-old passenger was stabbed on a Metrorail suburban train at Muldersvlei. She died on the scene. Muldersvlei is the junction where the branch via Stellenbosch joins the...

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