RAILWAY SAFETY

IS A TEAM EFFORT

Railway safety is our business. To keep our rail network as safe as possible, we all need to work together.
Please report all rail safety issues and concerns to us so that we can do our job of making trains a safer for everyone.

RAILWAY

NETWORK STATS

Every year, trains across South Africa take journeys totalling more than 20 million kilometres. That’s like travelling to the moon and back 26 times.

KM OF TRAIN TRACK

TRAIN STATIONS

MILLION PASSENGER JOURNEYS

BILLION TON-KMS

REGISTERED RAIL OPERATORS

NEWS & INFORMATION

Keep up-to-date with the latest rail safety news, events, reports and resources.
Media Statements
MEDIA STATEMENT

5 JUNE 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL CROSSING AWARENESS DAY (ILCAD) ADVOCATES FOR GOOD DECISION MAKING AROUND RAIL SAFETY The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR), in partnership with key rail and road safety stakeholders, commemorated the International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) 2025 at one of South Africa most incident-prone level crossing in Witbank, Mpumalanga. ILCAD […]

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