Railway Safety Regulator suspends The Shosholoza Meyl train service

The Shosholoza Meyl, a long-distance train service operated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), has been ordered to stop operating with immediate effect. This follows a fatal train crash on February 12, which left one man dead and several others injured when a goods and passenger train collided on the tracks near Bonny Doone Road in Horizon View, west of Johannesburg. The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) yesterday said it had concluded its preliminary investigation into the collision of the trains to determine the facts which contributed to the accident. We spoke to Public Transport Analyst Paul Browning...