Shosholoza meyl
Rescue locomotive breaks down trying to get to stuck Shosholoza Meyl train
Shosholoza Meyl has confirmed that one of its trains has been stuck in Prince Albert in the Western Cape since Monday night due to locomotive failure.
He told MPs that the finalisation of feasibility studies into the Moloto Rail Corridor and the high-speed rail network between Johannesburg and Durban would be prioritised.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula delivered his department's budget vote speech in Parliament on Tuesday.
The rail way agency says two more bodies were discovered at the morgue three weeks after the deadly free state crash.
Nineteen people died and 260 passengers were injured when a truck smashed in a Shosholoza Meyl train in the Free State town.
The Shosholoza Meyl crash claimed the lives of 19 people, while another 254 were treated for injuries.
Nineteen people died when a truck allegedly ignored a stop sign at a railway crossing just outside the small Free State town on Thursday.
Clean-up operations continue at the site of a fatal train crash in Kroonstad, Free State
The police’s Motantsi Makhele says they might need to ask officers from other provinces to help with the investigation.
The truck, which was towing a trailer, failed to stop at a railway sign on Thursday and crashed into a Shosholoza Meyl locomotive.
Prasa's Mthuthuzeli Swarts says the line will be closed while repairs continue.
It’s understood the locomotive collided with a truck and a light motor vehicle on the tracks earlier on Thursday.
The train had been on its way to Queenstown when it experienced technical problems and needed its locomotives to be swapped.
The train had been on its way to Queenstown from Cape Town on Thursday when it experienced technical problems.
The train was travelling from East London to Cape Town when it got stuck between Beaufort West and De Aar.
It’s understood the train was bound for Cape Town and derailed just before Kimberley.
67 people were hospitalised when a freight train and passenger train collided on Wednesday.
It’s believed a Shosholoza Meyl train collided with a goods train close to the Peelton station.
The Shosholoza Meyl was travelling from Johannesburg to the Eastern Cape when it left the tracks.