A man accused of raping and strangling a 47-year-old Transnet Freight Rail driver at Makhado (Louis Trichardt) in June 2012 appeared in the local magistrate's court on 3 May. He had been arrested in...
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On 23 April, it was reported that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had arrested two men accused of planning to derail a passenger train. It was suspected that a bomb was to be detonated while...
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Early in 2012, closed circuit television cameras were installed as an experiment at the White Road level crossing in Retreat, Cape Town, to film vehicles crossing the track while the warning lights...
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On 23 April, the Lagos state government and the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) announced intensified train-related security plans. According to NRC managing director Adeseyi Sijuwade, security...
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Following flooding of the line at the Mukuru kwa Njenga informal settlement near Nairobi, the Syokimau passenger service to the city's central station was halted temporarily. According to local press...
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The derailment of a freight train on 19 February resulted in serious damage to a bridge on the main-line from South Africa to Maputo in Mozambique. Since then, including all of March and half of...
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On 11 April, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) temporarily suspended train operations due to a problem some 64km from Dar es Salaam. According to the public announcement: "Tazara regrets...
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Year to 31 March 2013 (2012 in brackets)
' Train-on-train collisions: 5 (5)
' Running line derailments: 87 (85)
' Shunting derailments TFR: 295 (296)
' Private line shunting derailments: 215...
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A recent derailment occurred near Greylingstad, 109km south-east of Germiston on the main-line to Durban. Details are sketchy but passer-by Sandy Buchanan (on the adjacent road) reported seeing 'four...
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On Wednesday 20 March, two men ordered Kevin Pietersen, who was waiting for his wife Corinne at Marlboro station, to get out of his car. He did so, but was shot through one arm, shattering his elbow,...
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