Delays to several Shosholoza Meyl intercity passenger expresses have been reported by John and Jacque Wepener. Some weeks ago, a Cape Town-Johannesburg train was held for nine hours south of...
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Transnet Freight Rail reports that a train loaded with coal to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal derailed at 17:05pm 4th September. A Total of 42 wagons derailed. The incident happened in...
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The storms which brought torrential rains to Cape Town at the end of August were accompanied by exceptionally high seas. The single track between Fish Hoek and Simon's Town, which runs right at the...
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According to a Cape Argus report on 3 September, furious commuters threatened train drivers with death when a serious power failure brought early morning commuter services to a standstill. 'As a group...
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Thieves who cut multi-core signalling cables at Woodstock signal cabin, one station from Cape Town's main terminal, caused massive disruption to Metrorail services on Friday 15 August. Thousands of...
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According to a Cargo Info Africa report, 105 tons of railway track was stolen recently in a single week. The thieves pounced in the area Steynsburg, Middelburg and Hofmeyr, tackling lines that have...
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Three people were arrested, one of whom is in hospital under police guard, after a short period of terror at Stikland station, a few kilometres north of Bellville on 12 August. According to a Cape...
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According to a Sapa report quoting Mpumalanga police superintendent Liphapang Khoabane, ten men including a police officer were arrested on 8 August for stealing railway tracks. Following a tip-off...
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A derailment during the weekend of 19-20 July - though it occurred in a yard, not on the main-line, and only involved six wagons - affected traffic to and from Richard's Bay. Engineering News, quoting...
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Some 400 passengers had a narrow escape on 22 July when their train derailed at Ruvu, 78km west of Dar-es-Salaam, plunging both locomotives into the river. The leading first class coach closely missed...
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