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Four people died and 620 others were injured in a train accident in Pretoria on January 8, 2019.Image: Supplied
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Four dead, 620 injured in deadly Pretoria train crash

Four people died and 620 other commuters were injured when two trains collided near Pretoria’s Mountain View train station, Netcare911 said on Tuesday afternoon. Netcare911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst told TimesLIVE that injuries suffered…

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Commuters were left stranded on 14 November 2018 as a result of cable theft. File imageImage: Gallo Images/Rapport/Roger Sedres
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Thousands of Metrorail commuters stranded in Soweto after cable theft

Thousands of Metrorail commuters were left stranded on Wednesday morning after train services in the Naledi corridor, Soweto, were disrupted following cable theft. Gauteng Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said overhead catenary…

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