{"id":330028,"date":"2017-06-20T13:16:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=330028"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:16:18","slug":"south-africa-train-derails-after-thieves-stole-part-of-rail-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/south-africa-train-derails-after-thieves-stole-part-of-rail-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Train derails after thieves stole part of rail tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Phelophepa Healthcare Train\u2019s locomotive has derailed between Carolina and Waterval-Boven in Mpumalanga after a piece of the railway line was allegedly stolen.<\/p>\n
Transnet\u2019s rail freight services spokesperson Clement Maphaba said a part of the train track was allegedly stolen which caused the train’s locomotive to derail at around 10:00 on Saturday morning, Netwerk24 reported.<\/p>\n
The train driver saw the broken track ahead and reduced speed.<\/p>\n
No one was injured in the accident.<\/p>\n
The train was travelling from Ermelo to Waterval-Boven.<\/p>\n
The passenger cars did not derail.<\/p>\n
Maphaba said a Transnet repair team was on its way to equip the health train with a new locomotive so that it would be ready to treat people in Waterval-Boven on Sunday.<\/p>\n
According to trainofhope.org, the Phelophepa Train of Hope is the world’s largest healthcare train, with 40 permanent medical staff members for each of the two trains.<\/p>\n
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Source: News24<\/p>\n
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The Phelophepa Healthcare Train\u2019s locomotive has derailed between Carolina and Waterval-Boven in Mpumalanga after a piece of the railway line was allegedly stolen. Transnet\u2019s rail freight services spokesperson Clement Maphaba said a part of the train track was allegedly stolen which caused the train’s locomotive to derail at around 10:00 on Saturday morning, Netwerk24 reported. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[8416,481,8417],"yoast_head":"\n