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Motorists stranded as train blocks highway
14 Mar 2018 at 05:37hrs | Views
Scores of motorists were left stranded yesterday morning after a Harare-bound passenger train broke down at the level crossing at Grasslands in Marondera, blocking the road.
As a result, motorists had to use either the Chitungwiza route or Mukuti Road before the train was pulled off the scene three hours later.
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) spokesperson, Nyasha Maravanyika confirmed the incident.
"A locomotive developed a fault while at the level crossing and that was around 4am. However, at about 6:35am, our rescue team from Harare sent another locomotive to replace the faulty one. It was just a routine loco failure. The passenger train was from Mutare. Usually, if a locomotive fails, there is nothing to do, we dispatch another one as a way to arrest the problem," he said.
As a result, motorists had to use either the Chitungwiza route or Mukuti Road before the train was pulled off the scene three hours later.
"A locomotive developed a fault while at the level crossing and that was around 4am. However, at about 6:35am, our rescue team from Harare sent another locomotive to replace the faulty one. It was just a routine loco failure. The passenger train was from Mutare. Usually, if a locomotive fails, there is nothing to do, we dispatch another one as a way to arrest the problem," he said.
Source - newsday
