Councillor Tim Brauteseth is pressing Transnet to clean up the railway area at Pinetown, which he says looks like a massive tip-heap. "From the Harvey Road bridge and south to the station, there are...
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The latest measure being tried to combat level crossing collisions is a warning message broadcast over car radios. Tests are being carried out in Queensland, Australia. Solar-powered warning lights...
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On 15 August, a mobile crane being used to service signals on a Chicago line owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) collapsed at midday, blocking all three tracks used by the Metra...
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Eight people died and one was severely injured when a trailer carrying about 16 people was hit by a train on a crossing at Chilleni (Romania) on 9 September. Police blamed the 78-year-old driver of...
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On 17 September, shortly after 06:00, police received a call advising there was a bomb on Maitland station. Trains scheduled through the station were halted, the entire precinct was cleared and a...
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In a break-in at the Transnet Humewood diesel depot offices used by the Apple Express group, a computer, heavy-duty power cables, tools and other items worth about R60,000 were stolen. Earlier, copper...
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Mosenngwa Mofi of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) says theft and vandalism pose a huge challenge to the organisation, which spends nearly a billion rand annually fighting crime on...
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On 14 September 2012, Metrorail's evening peak train service was disrupted due to violent service delivery protests at Kopanong, a township near Rosslyn and Soshanguve. Thought the action had nothing...
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On 24 August, an early morning call to the police at Paarl warned of a bomb at the local station. The facility was evacuated while a detailed search was carried out. Six trains were delayed for...
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Trains came to a standstill at Johannesburg's Park station in the afternoon peak hour on 29 August. Signal power failures, according to Metrorail's Lillian Mofokeng, 'affected the movement of all...
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