Transnet expects to reopen rail line shut by train collision by Monday

摘要

South Africa’s rail operator Transnet hopes within days to reopen a coal and freight export rail line between Thabazimbi and Richards Bay, which was shut earlier this week due to a deadly train collision. A Richards Bay-bound train with 100 loaded coal wagons collided with a stationary locomotive with 89 empty wagons late Tuesday, killing two people and severely injuring two others, a Transnet spokesman said. The accident occurred at the Matlabas crossing, located between Thabazimbi and Lephalale in Limpopo province.