The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos ' at 11.8km the longest bridge in Africa - was closed to traffic for four months for repairs from 1 July 2012. Though it does not serve the railway, its closure is...
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On 19 June, the evening diesel-hauled Metrorail commuter service to Malmesbury collided with a stationary Transnet Freight Rail goods train at Fisantekraal, 8km west of Kraaifontein junction (31km...
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According to South African transport minister (until June) Sibusiso Ndebele, damage caused by trains set on fire cost the country R290 million in the past three years. Repairs and the replacement of...
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The South African Railway State-of-Safety Report for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 was released recently by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). It says 457 people died and more than R1.1...
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From Transnet Freight Rail's Weekly News Bulletin 11-17 June 2012:
Spads (Signals Passed at Danger)
'Since the beginning of the new financial year (1 April) there has been a spate of safety...
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From Transnet Freight Rail's Weekly News Bulletin 11-17 June 2012:
'Transnet Freight Rail's Corporate Safety Office (CSO) is currently rolling out a number of safety focus projects specifically...
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Late in May, copper cables with a value estimated at R12,000 were found in the possession of a man arrested at Earnestville near Kimberley, where it is said there has been 'a surge' in this type of...
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According to a 2005 news report:
'Lentegeur station near Mitchells Plain and Mandalay on the line to Khayelitsha have been extensively revamped at an estimated cost of R17.2 million,...
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Very early on Monday 4 June, a Transnet Freight Rail train pulling out of the yard at Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) in Limpopo developed a braking fault. The assistant driver endeavoured to...
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In the course of an investigation into people who live in dangerous places, the Sowetan discovered there are no laws prohibiting habitats near railway lines, or specifying how far or how close they...
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