‘Sabotage’ hits French trains hours before Olympics
France — Arson attacks scrambled France’s high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what... Read more
26 Jul, 2024
Transnet records a record R1.6bn loss for 2023
Cape Town — South Africa’s troubled state-owned rail and transport company, Transnet, recorded a reported loss of R1.6b due... Read more
23 Dec, 2023
Shosholoza Meyl first voyage since 2021 disrupted due to cable theft
Cape Town — PRASA laments the interruption that took place during the first journey of the Shosholoza Meyl from... Read more
9 Dec, 2023
Transnet receives R47b bail-out as Gordhan seeks private sector assistance
Cape Town — Crisis-hit rail network, Transnet, has received a R47b bail-out from National Treasury despite Public Enterprises Minister... Read more
1 Dec, 2023
French firm to build Egypt’s first high-speed rail link
Cairo – French company NGE announced on Thursday it had been awarded a contract to build Egypt’s first high-speed... Read more
24 Feb, 2023
More than 150 still missing after Nigeria train attack
Lagos – One week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in northwestern Nigeria, the whereabouts of 168 passengers are... Read more
4 Apr, 2022
Nigeria train attack leaves ‘injuries and fatalities’: official
Kano – An attack on a major Nigerian railway line left “injuries and other fatalities” after gunmen detonated a... Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Two trains collide in Tunisia, 95 people injured
Jbel Jelloud – A head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday in the south of... Read more
22 Mar, 2022
‘Traumatised’: DRC train crash survivors recount horror
Tenke – Marie Milemba recalls the terrifying moment when the freight train she was on slid backward, speeding downhill... Read more
17 Mar, 2022
Toll in Democratic Republic of Congo train accident rises to 75 dead
Lubumbashi – The death toll in a train crash in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 75, officials said... Read more
14 Mar, 2022
