Germiston train collision
[LISTEN] Transport Minister: There is no crisis at Prasa
Despite recent train accidents, rail infrastructure vandalism and delays, Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi says there's no crisis at Prasa.
It’s understood the clamps that keep the track attached to the sleepers were stolen.
The Railway Safety Regulator has banned all manual authorisation of Prasa trains until a plan is in place to avoid human error in the wake of two serious crashes over the past week.
The regulator says that it is concerned about the recent train accidents and has ordered a stop to manual authorisation to avoid human error, which it says was the reason behind the Germiston crash.
The regulator says preliminary investigations into the crash show that all safety requirements were adhered to including traveling within the speed limit.
Radio 702 host Ray White talks to Prasa's spokesperson Dr Sipho Sithole about issues of vandalism and theft affecting the country’s rail network.
More than 220 passengers were hurt when the train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis station.
In the latest incident, 220 commuters were hurt when one train rear ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis Station in Germiston on Tuesday.
More than 220 passengers sustained minor injuries when one train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis Station on Tuesday.
A train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuys train station earlier, leaving over 200 people injured. It's understood trains were being manually directed at the time.
One train rear-ended a stationary coach at the Geldenhuis Train Station on Tuesday morning.
A train rear ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis train station on Tuesday morning.