Train services stalled due to crash in Pretoria

Train services stalled due to crash in Pretoria

31 Jan 2013 12:20 - Staff Reporter
Train services have been interrupted as a result of an accident between two commuter trains that collided near Pretoria.
Train driver critically injured in Pretoria crash

Train driver critically injured in Pretoria crash

31 Jan 2013 10:05 - Sapa
A Metrorail train driver has been critically injured after two passenger trains collided in Pretoria.
Farmworkers killed in Mpumalanga train collision

Farmworkers killed in Mpumalanga train collision

13 Jul 2012 10:58 - Staff Reporter
At least 19 people have been killed and 24 others were injured when a truck collided with a train at a level crossing in Malelane, Mpumalanga.

Passenger trains collide in Soweto

19 May 2011 19:48 - Staff Reporter
Two trains ferrying several hundred passengers collided head-on in Meadowlands, Soweto on Thursday evening.
Newborn baby among those killed in luxury train accident

Newborn baby among those killed in luxury train accident

21 Apr 2010 16:46 - Staff Reporter
A luxury train derailed outside Pretoria on Wednesday, killing three people including a woman and her baby, born just after the accident.

Italy gas train derails and explodes, killing 15

30 Jun 2009 11:19 - Silvia Ognibene
At least 15 people were killed and 50 injured in Italy when a train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes.

Train driver suspended for crash

05 Feb 2009 18:28 - Carol Hills
The driver of one of the trains destroyed in crashes on Monday has been suspended, the South African Rail Commuter Corporation said on Thursday.

Metrorail vows action on train smashes

03 Feb 2009 18:22 - Staff Reporter
Two accident-hit train lines resumed normal services on Tuesday, as Metrorail announced a number of safety interventions.

Signal failure likely cause of Metrorail double crash

03 Feb 2009 13:43 - Staff Reporter
Signal failure is the likely cause behind the two train crashes on Monday, Railway Safety Regulator spokesperson Kwazi Kwaza said on Tuesday.

Hundreds injured in Jo'burg train collision

02 Feb 2009 13:48 - Staff Reporter
About 160 commuters, including a pregnant woman, were injured when two Jo'burg-bound Metrorail passenger trains collided with each other on Monday.