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Train Accidents

Second train crash in a week leaves 200 injured
Article
/ 9 January 2018

Second train crash in a week leaves 200 injured

A crash between two Metrorail trains at the Geldenhuys train station in Germiston has left over 200 commuters moderately injured on Tuesday morning.

By Staff Reporter
Burning train in India leaves several dead
Article
/ 8 January 2014

Burning train in India leaves several dead

Four passengers have burned to death while 19 others died of suffocation after a fire engulfed three coaches of a train heading out of Mumbai.

By Reuters
Durban train crash leaves 12 injured
Article
/ 27 December 2013

Durban train crash leaves 12 injured

Two trains at the Berea Road railway station in Durban have collided, leaving 12 people injured, including the drivers.

By Sapa
Spain crash: Train driver was travelling over twice the speed limit
Article
/ 2 August 2013

Spain crash: Train driver was travelling over twice the speed limit

A Spanish train was hurtling around a curve at 179kph, more than twice the speed limit, when it leapt off the tracks in a fatal disaster.

By Staff Reporter
Flowers left for victims of Spain train crash
Article
/ 27 July 2013

Flowers left for victims of Spain train crash

A steady stream of people have flocked to the site of Spain’s deadliest train crash in decades and stared in silence at the wreckage.

By Staff Reporter
New York commuter trains collide, 60 hospitalised
Article
/ 18 May 2013

New York commuter trains collide, 60 hospitalised

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital.

By Sapa Ap
No image available
Article
/ 27 September 2011

Hundreds hurt after Shanghai subway trains collide

Two subway trains collided in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, injuring over 200 passengers, official media reported.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 7 July 2011

India train smashes into bus, scores dead

More than 30 people have been killed after a train slammed into a packed bus carrying a marriage party in India.

By Sharat Pradhan
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Article
/ 20 May 2011

Safety regulator looks into Soweto train collision

The Railway Safety Regulator is investigating a passenger train collision that took place in Soweto at about 5.50pm on Thursday afternoon.

By Staff Reporter
Over six hundred injured in Soweto train collision
Article
/ 20 May 2011

Over six hundred injured in Soweto train collision

At least 644 passengers were injured, two critically, when two trains collided in Meadowlands, Soweto, on Thursday

By Molaole Montsho and Jenna Etheridge
No image available
Article
/ 10 April 2011

Wreckage cleared from Pretoria train accident

The wreckage from a train accident in Tshwane in which scores of people were injured has been cleared, Metrorail said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter

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