DON'T SLEEP ON THE RAILWAY, DARLING
The Zimbabwe Chronicle reports that a a suspected border jumper, 'believed to have been deported from South Africa' was run over by a southbound goods train 'while...
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According to the East London Daily Dispatch, the police are keen to reopen a case against people connected with the Port Alfred tourist office and the Satco Sunshine train initiative who allegedly...
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Four people were rescued on Durban's beachfront on 9 June when the cable-car in which they were travelling developed a technical fault, leaving them suspended in mid-air. The Mercury quoted Netcare...
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It doesn't only happen in South Africa. Associated Press reports that commuters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently burned part of a station and fought with riot police after breakdowns caused long...
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According to a local press report, problems on the railway between Louis Trichardt en Musina in Limpopo could be instances of sabotage, committed for unknown reasons. On 17 May, part of a goods train...
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Spoornet cancelled 13 trains due to a computer problem at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal on 16 and 17 May, but trains were running smoothly the next day and everything should be back to normal once...
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The following e-mail was sent to Stockton-on-Tees police this morning (9 May 2007).
'I would like to bring to your attention the following Auction...
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South Africa
The body of a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old with head injuries, both described as Mozambican nationals, were found on the railway at Kuils River, 25km from Cape Town, at 07:45 on 2...
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South Africa
A security guard and a female member of the public were seriously wounded in a robbery at a railway station in Tembisa on 2 May.
According to the police, quoted by Sapa, two Fidelity...
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Train services resumed east of Pretoria on the afternoon of 19 April following an early morning incident when commuters set fire to two coaches. Lucky Montana, chief executive of the SA Rail Commuter...
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