Metrorail train crash
Metrorail to set up inquiry after 19 injured in Boksburg train accident
Nineteen people were injured when the train derailed at the Elandsfontein station near Jet Park Road on Tuesday.
The investigation by the Railway Safety Regulator has revealed that the route between Pretoria North and Mountainview had been operating under manual authorisation since November last year.
On Thursday, more than 300 people were injured when two trains collided.
On Friday morning, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande boarded a train in Mamelodi to experience first-hand the challenges that commuters face.
The two trains were travelling on the same line on Thursday when they collided.
The two trains were travelling on the same line on Thursday when they collided.
Two passenger train collided at Van Riebeeck train station in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, injuring at least 320 people.
Two trains crashed in Elandsfontein last week, one person was killed and about 100 others were injured.
The Railway Safety Regulator says the train control officer on duty allowed two trains into the same section and has accused Metrorail personnel of failing to observe and implement proper protocol.
The regulator says the Elandsfonetein crash in which one person died indicates poor management of the manual authorisation process.
The wreckage had still not yet been removed by on Friday only a single line remains operational and bus services are being used to transport commuters.
Metrorail says while the shuttle service will help to alleviate some inconvenience, it won't be stopping at the Isando Station.
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has asked the Rail Safety Regulator to immediately investigate the cause of the crash.
215 people were injured after two trains collided at the Rosslyn station.
It’s not yet clear how two trains crashed on the same track at the Lynn Ross Station in Rosslyn.
Two trains collided on the rail split from Kaalfontein Station towards the Oakmoor and Tembisa Stations.
The portfolio committee on roads and transport says it will discuss ways to improve the transport system.
One person was killed and at least 240 others were injured when the two locomotives collided.
Authorities say the trains were travelling on the same rail in opposite directions.