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Two people sustain 3rd degree burns after Metrorail train is engulfed in flames

Two people have sustained third degree burns after two carriages of a Metrorail train burst into flames between Southfield and Ottery Stations. Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Theo Layne confirmed that fire services responded to the fire at 09h02 on Wednesday morning. "Currently 2 Train Carriages are alight and two Persons who sustained third degree burns," Layne said. The cause of the fire is unconfirmed at this stage. Last week, […]

30 May 2018

News

Preliminary investigation rules possibility of arson in Metrorail fire

The preliminary investigation into a fire on a Fish Hoek bound Metrorail train has ruled out technical or electrical faults as the possible cause of the fire. The train, which was filled with commuters at time of the incident, was forced to make an emergency stop at Retreat Station on Tuesday morning after four carriages were engulfed in flames. Metrorail spokesperson, Riana Scott, confirmed that the carriages have been moved […]

23 May 2018

Local

Seven die as train hits bakkie at crossing

Seven people were killed when a train collided with a bakkie at a level crossing in Cape Town early on Friday. The force of the impact destroyed part of the vehicle at the crossing in Blackheath. Metrorail initially attributed the crash to "human error". Western Cape Traffic Chief Kenny Africa said‚ “It happened after 6am when the bakkie landed in front of a train at the Buttskop level crossing at […]

27 April 2018

Local

Metrorail in W Cape adding extra trips to help stranded commuters

Metrorail in the Western Cape says its services will add additional trips to assist commuters during the national bus strike. Thousands of commuters in Cape Town, like the rest of the country, are again expected to be stranded Monday morning due to the continuing strike. Trade unions Satawu and Numsa, and three others say they will intensify their action today (Monday) after wage talks with employers deadlocked on Friday. The […]

23 April 2018

Local

Metrorail delays hit Cape Town commuters, as bus strike continues

Commuters in Cape Town already in the midst of a bus strike have to contend with a near breakdown of train services, after Metrorail announced massive delays across its network on Friday morning. The company said there were delays of more than 60 minutes on all lines heading into Cape Town, due to a signal failure between the Cape Town, Mutual/Pinelands/Observatory and the Ysterplaat lines. How are you affected by […]

20 April 2018

Local

Mother lays criminal charges against Prasa after son’s death

The Rail Commuters Action Group (RCAG) on Monday laid criminal charges against the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) at Muizenberg police station, GroundUp has reported. The charges relate to the death of 19-year-old Keeno Abib on January 13, 2018, between False Bay and Lakeside train stations. An eyewitness said Keeno jumped out of a moving train to evade robbers. "I'm angry because the train doors were open," his […]

20 February 2018

News

Train conditions “inhumane: Cape Chamber

"Suburban trains are packed way beyond their capacity. The conditions are inhuman and much worse than I could possibly have imagined. That’s how the president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and industry, Janine Myburgh, described her experience, after she and Councillor Brett Herron, the City Council's Mayoral Committee responsible for transport, boarded an early morning train at Kraaifontein station to gain first-hand account of what train commuters suffer every […]

14 December 2017

News

City official reflects on ‘horrific’ train journey

The City of Cape Town’s Brett Herron got a first-hand account of the daily commute of thousands of Capetonians who use Metrorail and was left shell-shocked after his experience. On Thursday, Herron took a train from Khayelitsha to Cape Town to see just what Cape Town’s workforce have to endure on a daily basis. “This is not the first time I took a train, I’ve done it occasionally before as […]

1 December 2017

News

Railway deaths on the increase

While Metrorail battles with continued destruction of its infrastructure, the number of deaths on railway lines has increased in the 2016-2017 period. The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) on Monday reported that approximately 495 fatalities have been recorded. This indicating an increase of 8 per cent compared to the 2015-2016 reporting period. The general manager of research of the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR), Dr Cornel Malan, explains that the highest contributing […]

23 November 2017

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