The new transport minister has taken personal interest in the accident.
He added that, as the minister, “aside from making sure that such an accident doesn’t occur again, I’ll be interested to get an appraisal on the robustness of our new fleet design as regards to passenger safety”.
Metrorail Gauteng said in a statement: “The tamping machine rolled from Greenview back to Eerste Fabrieke station where the Metrorail train was stationary and carrying commuters onboard.
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