{"id":919206,"date":"2022-01-24T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/look-metrorail-investigates-train-collision-following-technical-fault\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:08:10","slug":"look-metrorail-investigates-train-collision-following-technical-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/24\/look-metrorail-investigates-train-collision-following-technical-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: Metrorail investigates train collision following technical fault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/c1e531e7-597e-56bc-bd2e-cce1c799aa44&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x277&#038;resize=720x405.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>PASSENGER rail service operator Metrorail has indicated that its investigating a collision between two trains which occurred outside Soshanguve station in Tshwane on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The accident led Metrorail to close a line between Soshanguve and Mabopane stations.<\/p>\n<p>Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said the technical team, on attending to the fault by uncoupling the set, experienced a roll back of the set on to the other set, causing a collision.<\/p>\n<p>She added that there were eight staff members aboard the train but no other commuters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The first Metrorail train from Mabopane to Pretoria was delayed by 30 minutes and all other trains were operating on schedule.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Am convinced nothing will ever go smoothly in this country. Not even a month of these trains moving in Mabopane already they have collided. pic.twitter.com\/yKsSfiHnr3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dumizulu Ka Nkwanyana \ud83c\uddff![CDATA[]]&gt;\ud83c\udde6 12March (@LaDumezulu) January 24, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe estimated cost of the damaged new rolling stock is not yet known and accessors are at the scene to make the determination,\u201d Mofokeng said.<\/p>\n<p>She said there were no damages to the infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mofokeng added that Metrorail train services are not affected and said no further delays were expected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An investigation is underway after two of Prasa&#8217;s new trains collided this morning on the Mabopane line. pic.twitter.com\/0nXjBNw8ZN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) January 24, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Train services on the Mabopane-Pretoria line resumed last week after several months of not operating.<\/p>\n<p>The train was one of the new ones which Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula recently launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reopened Mabopane train line had delays this morning when two of those new blue trains smashed into each other, seemingly &#8216;cos of human error. Statement reads: &#8220;Tech team uncoupling the set experienced a roll back of the set onto the other causing a collision,&#8221; @enca @etvnews pic.twitter.com\/ru2RnMD9G0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graeme Raubenheimer (@GraemeRauby) January 24, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week Wednesday, Mbalula said government spent more than R700 million in rehabilitating and upgrading the infrastructure on the Mabopane train corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Mbalula took a train ride as part of the inspection. He said the station rehabilitation programme for 23 stations at a cost of R100 million had begun.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-f3cb24f1ad8830b1f450dc6e4f73982d\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASSENGER rail service operator Metrorail has indicated that its investigating a collision between two trains which occurred outside Soshanguve station in Tshwane on Monday morning. The accident led Metrorail to close a line between Soshanguve and Mabopane stations. Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said the technical team, on attending to the fault by uncoupling the set, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}