trains

Gautrain planning more affordable tickets for certain groups Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) chief operating officer Victor Shange said that the Gautrain could soon be offering more affordable tickets for specific users. MyBroadband recently spoke to Shange for more details about the Phase 2...

South African train operators driving "blind" Rampant cable theft has damaged South Africa's railway signalling systems to the extent that train operators are effectively forced to operate "blindly", necessitating frequent stops at railway transfer stations and manual phone-ins to avoid train...

South African government has plan for private companies to take over Transnet mess The South African presidency has a plan to reverse the collapse of a state-run ports and freight-rail sector that’s cost the economy at least $26.7 billion (R502.33 billion) since 2010: hand over most of the...

Police arrest three suspected railway thieves Three suspects were arrested on Tuesday on the N4 freeway in Middelburg after being found in possession of a truck transporting allegedly stolen railway track valued at about R3 million. The suspects, aged between 41 and 51, are expected to appear...

Construction of key World Bank-funded coal rail line to Majuba disrupted by severe theft A World Bank Group-funded effort to increase train access to a power plant in South Africa’s coal-rich region has started to significantly backslide as criminals target the country’s rail system...

R130 million wasted on trains that have to run on damaged rails The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) signed a R130-million deal to lease locomotives for long-distance trips on its Shosholoza Meyl trains despite warnings that the railway infrastructure on which they would run was...

SA rail on the brink of complete collapse South Africa's railway system is approaching total collapse due to the theft of electrical cables, vandalising of tracks and signalling equipment, and the complete stripping down of station buildings. That is according to a new report titled "Why there...

Transport department considers high-speed inter-city trains The transport department will commission an independent study into the cost and feasibility of high-speed trains between major cities

http://ewn.co.za/2013/05/21/Trains-collide-in-Brakpan

A man died and another was injured when they were hit by a train in the Durban CBD on Tuesday morning, paramedics said. ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said paramedics found the two lying alongside the tracks. They were walking on the tracks when they were hit. One died at the scene and the...

Officials say a 78-year-old man tied a puppy to train tracks in the California desert, and an engineer had to use emergency brakes to keep from crushing it. Riverside County animal control said in a statement Tuesday that Banjo, a 10-month-old poodle-terrier mix, is fine and up for adoption...

A group of protesters gathered outside the Bosman Railway Station in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding improved service from Metrorail. A leader of the protesters, Reuben Rathelele, said relying on the train service had been a frustrating experience for thousands of commuters. "We want them...