On 17 November, 'at least' 47 children were killed, also three adults, when a schoolbus was hit by a train at a crossing near Assiut in southern Egypt, about 320km south of Cairo. Residents near the...
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On 12 November, according to our correspondent, South Africa's icon Blue Train was running two hours late when seen west of Klerksdorp. 'The reason - someone forgot to fill the coach water tanks at...
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One day in mid-October, dismayed 72-year-old Hennie de Wet of Potchefstroom phoned the newspaper Beeld from a bus. He had been on a Shosholoza Meyl 'express' that broke down at Beaufort West. The...
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During the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, the railway tunnels under the Hudson and East rivers were flooded for the first time since they were opened in 1910 - 102 years ago. These tunnels connect...
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At the end of October, it was reported that an express headed for Austria from Belgrade ran into a stationary train at Vizmarje station, north of the capital Ljubljana. Eighteen people were said to...
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On 8 November, according to press reports, 'tens of thousands' of commuters and international travellers trains were stranded 'for hours' by disruptions in rail traffic at the Gare du Nord in Paris....
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A brand-new American-built EMD GT46C-ACe diesel-electric locomotive was dropped from the crane lifting it off a ship in the Gabon port of Owendo. According to one observer, the frame is 'certainly...
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Metrorail's station ticket office at Firgrove, near Somerset West, was held up on 22 October. Three men, one armed, entered the building at 04:30 and ordered the clerk to lie on the floor. Metrorail's...
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A fuel train from Mandalay derailed near Chet-gyi station in north-west Burma, close to the border with India, on 9 November, resulting in the death of 25 people and injuries to 62. Press reports said...
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A trailer being towed by a truck, both loaded with vegetables, was struck by a six-coach multiple-unit passenger train at the Abbotts Road crossing in Dandenong South (36km from the centre of...
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