Derailed train disrupts services
OTIS FINCK
A train en route to Walvis Bay from Tsumeb derailed approximately 40km before Kranzberg station during the early hours of Friday morning.
Freight and passengers services between Otjiwarongo and Kranzberg were suspended until further notice.
TransNamib spokesperson Zebby Mukungu said flooding had caused substantial damage to the railway.
“Our teams are hard at work to attend to equipment recovery efforts, earthworks and the rehabilitation of the railway line and accompanying infrastructure.”
Mukungu could not give an estimate of the cost of the damage; neither could he indicate when the line would be reopened.
Reports indicate that the train was pulled by three locomotives and consisted of goods and empty passenger wagons. Only the locomotives derailed and the drivers escaped without any serious injuries.
The same thing happened on 23 February when a TransNamib locomotive derailed near Dune7 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay.
A train en route to Walvis Bay from Tsumeb derailed approximately 40km before Kranzberg station during the early hours of Friday morning.
Freight and passengers services between Otjiwarongo and Kranzberg were suspended until further notice.
TransNamib spokesperson Zebby Mukungu said flooding had caused substantial damage to the railway.
“Our teams are hard at work to attend to equipment recovery efforts, earthworks and the rehabilitation of the railway line and accompanying infrastructure.”
Mukungu could not give an estimate of the cost of the damage; neither could he indicate when the line would be reopened.
Reports indicate that the train was pulled by three locomotives and consisted of goods and empty passenger wagons. Only the locomotives derailed and the drivers escaped without any serious injuries.
The same thing happened on 23 February when a TransNamib locomotive derailed near Dune7 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay.
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