(Paris, 13 April 2011) The 1st UIC World Congress on Rail Training was successfully held on 6-8 April 2011 at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering within the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – UPM). Some 170 delegates representing 34 countries from all continents attended this first UIC congress dedicated to [...]
A twenty nine year old man is in a serious condition after being found lying next to the railway lines near George Dale in Cato Ridge this morning. ER24 were notified by the local authorities of a man that had being found lying next to the railway lines and needed medical assistance. Once on scene, [...]
A fourteen year old boy is fighting for his life after sustaining severe traumatic injuries to his body after allegedly jumping from a moving train that was in the vicinity of Alexandra and Richey Road in Pietermaritzburg this afternoon. ER24 paramedics rushed to the scene after been notified by members the of public. When emergency personnel arrived [...]
A woman has been killed after she was allegedly knocked by a train on the tracks near the Belle Ombre Station in Pretoria. ER24 paramedics were called to the train tracks near the corners of Boom and Paul Kruger streets in Pretoria after there were reports of a woman that had been knocked by a [...]
Two toddlers were killed by a train when they were playing on railway tracks in Manenberg in Cape Town, police said. Mogamat Salie and his brother Mogfaiek, aged three and two, died when lying on railway tracks near their home in Manenberg at about 5pm on Thursday afternoon. “Apparently they opened the gate and got [...]
A 21 year old male was seriously injured this morning when he fell from the train he was traveling on. According to the gentleman it is uncertain how the accident happened, but a mere 100 meters away from the Bellville train station the man fell from the train and landed under the wheels. When ER24 [...]
An 80-wagon freight train carrying rock phosphate from Phalaborwa in Limpopo partially derailed, leaving the track damaged, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) says. The accident happened on Sunday when 15 wagons of the train left the tracks on a bridge while en route to Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, TFR spokesman Sandile Simelane said in a statement. [...]
The Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs Kansas, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina. The Bad news: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the [...]
Forty-eight people were injured when two trains collided in Natalspruit on the East Rand on Friday, Metrorail said. Spokesperson Tu Dlamini said the injured had been taken to hospitals around the East Rand. “There are no casualties, or serious injuries,” she said. A passenger train from Vereeniging heading for Germiston collided with a freight train [...]
Transport officials on Thursday said they would do everything possible to ensure drivers could safely use Cape Town’s 34 level crossings. Two weeks ago 10 children died after a minibus they were travelling in collided with a train at a level crossing in Blackheath. On Wednesday transport officials, taxi associations and other stakeholders met under [...]
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