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trains
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Yoh! Japan Rail Ranks TWO South African Trains As The Top 10 Most Luxurious In The World
28 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Japan Rail Pass has done some digging and analysed Tripadvisor reviews, Instagram hashtags and global search volumes to create an index score and rank the world’s best luxury train rides.
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Take A Look Inside The New Orient Express Train, Designed By A Agatha Christie-Loving Architect
26 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Although well-known thanks to the Christie book and movie, The Orient Express has in fact never been a specific train, but a scheduled service that has operated the Paris to Istanbul route for the last 140 years.
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Former England Cricketer Graham Thorpe Dies After Being Struck By Train – Wife Confirms “He Took His Own Life”
14 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Thorpe died on the morning of 4 August having suffered “traumatic injuries” after an incident at a Surrey railway station.
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It Seems The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe Might Still Get Back On Track
10 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Tenders for the line have now been received, and it seems like it’s full steam ahead.
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Things Are Looking Up For Cape Commuters Using The Southern Line To Fish Hoek
03 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Daily commuters using the Southern Line between Cape Town and Fish Hoek say the service has improved significantly over the last two years.
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Luxury Blue Train Suspended Due To ‘Safety Concerns’
14 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Luxury train travel doesn’t come much better than the world-famous Blue Train, which has been running since 1946.
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Two African Trains Crack Spot On ‘Most Luxurious’ List
17 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Trains are practical, but they can also be one of the classiest ways to travel.
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They’re Offering 50% Off For Luxury Trips On The Blue Train
28 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Luxury train travel doesn’t come much better than the world-famous Blue Train, which has been running since 1946.
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Videos Show Why Someone Just Died ‘Subway Surfing’ In New York
26 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A teenage boy was killed while allegedly surfing on top of a subway train, a popular, but dangerous, activity in New York.
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You’ve Never Seen A Train Carriage As Luxurious As This European Beauty
08 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The iconic luxury train, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, is getting even swankier with three new Grand Suites.
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Staggering Stats Show Extent Of South Africa’s Train Mess
03 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Prasa’s annual report gives us some shocking insight into just how inefficient the rail system in South Africa is.
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Excellent Investigation Into Who’s Burning Cape Town’s Trains And Why [Video]
14 Feb 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Since 2015, fires have wiped out around 60% of the trains in Cape Town’s Metrorail system, with coordinated attacks causing untold grief for commuters.
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Cyclist’s Near-Death Moment With Train Goes Viral [Video]
30 Nov 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re the type of person who feels a little twinge of apprehension every time you drive over train tracks, then this won’t help soothe your nerves.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
10 Oct 2018 by Kiernan / No Comments
Train fires ‘no coincidence’. SA corporates funding fake news. Tencent’s record slide. Gigaba – it wasn’t me. Interpol mystery deepens. Giant mosquitoes. Conor suspended. SA ‘Bachelor’ details. EgyptAir’s Drew apology. Meghan’s ex marries.
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Metrorail’s Week From Hell [Videos]
30 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Arson, delays, overcrowding and more – it’s been a total nightmare for Capetonian train commuters over the last seven days, and Metrorail is hardly helping matters.
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Video Of A Burning Train Rolling Into Retreat Station Is Nuts
22 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
In Cape Town, where commuters already have enough on their plate with delays and vandalism, along comes a burning train.
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New Videos Of Cape Town Train Surfers Show Just How Close To Death They Come
17 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
While train surfers are not a new occurrence here in South Africa, this footage shows just how much they risk their lives every day to get their kicks.
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This Model Railway Is The Number One Tourist Attraction In Germany [Video]
08 Sep 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Using over 15km of train tracks, this model railway in Germany has been voted as the country’s best tourist attraction. Look, it’s pretty spectacular.
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South Africans Are Getting Pretty Nostalgic About Trains These Days
25 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
You may recently have taken a trip down memory lane, and found inspiration in the railway of yesteryear. You’re not the only one, because train travel is cool again.
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Mayhem At #CTTrainStation As Full-Blown Riot Breaks Out [Videos]
13 Jun 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
If you live in the City, you have heard an explosion at around 10PM last night. Well, it was from angry commuters who decided that they were letting loose.
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North Korea’s Elaborately Decorated Underground Metro System Is Something “Out Of The Hunger Games”
30 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Law, order, and complete obedience seem to be the status quo over in North Korea. That’s certainly true for their Pyongyang Metro, too.
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Mental – In China They Have Trains Going Through Apartment Buildings Now [Video]
30 Mar 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Given the size of their population space is often at a premium in Chinese cities, and this 49 million people strong city has really outdone themselves.
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Just To Give You An Idea Of The Destruction At The New Jersey Train Crash
30 Sep 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Rush hour commuters in New Jersey were shocked when a train smashed into the Hoboken terminal without warning, causing extensive damage.
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Two Trains Went Up In Flames At Cape Town Station This Weekend – Here Are The Pics
11 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
You may have seen flames rise from the middle of Cape Town’s CBD on Saturday evening and wondered what was on fire.
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BREAKING: Someone Opened Fire At Cape Town Station Today
13 Oct 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
News is breaking that a gunman at the Cape Town station began ‘shooting in all directions’ before turning the gun on himself.
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3 Arrested Following This Radical Muizenberg Train Fire [Images]
09 Oct 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Train services were delayed last night and this morning after some unruly teens set fire to a train at Muizenberg station.
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Brilliant! SA Dropped R600m On Trains That Don’t Fit Our Tracks
06 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
Here’s one to make you feel a little better about some of your more cringeworthy moments this weekend – compared to this blunder you’re still smelling like roses.
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India Down For A Second Day Following Massive Blackouts
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world’s second most populous country has had more than half of its territory left in darkness after a massive failure by three of its major power grids, one failing for the second time in as many days.
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Horror Train Crash In Mpumalanga, Bodies Strewn Over 200m
13 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Rescue workers at the scene of a horrific accident involving a train and a truck in Mpumalanga are having a hard time determining the extent of the damages. Officials say that identifying bodies is proving difficult as many have been torn up by the impact, with some being thrown as far as 200m.
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Russia Is Building An Underwater Tunnel To Alaska
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Recession reschmesssion. Russia has unveiled an ambitious (read: $65 billion) plan to build the world’s longest tunnel under the Bering Strait – as part of a railway corridor linking North America to Europe, via Siberia. Because ships and planes just weren’t cutting it. Also, this sucker’s going to be entirely fueled by green energy, apparently.
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