Cape Town storms disrupt Muizenberg trains
posted by Paul
I landed upon a headline report on the Cape Argus website stating:"Hundreds of commuters were left stranded this morning after Metrorail closed eight rail stations from Muizenberg to Simon's Town due to damage caused by turbulent seas and huge waves crashing over the railway lines.
We live too far from the Muizenberg coast to verify whether or not commuters were stranded this morning, but I would imagine that after the past weekend's storms and raging seas the train lines would have certainly been knocked out. Click here to see exactly how close the rail lines are to the sea. Beautiful, but crazy!
I took the train photo a couple of months ago, so no, I wasn't aboard a rogue train today.
A round-up of storm coverage:
- Saturday afternoon at Three Anchor Bay and Sea Point
- More photos of the Sea Point area, after the storm had struck (thanks to www.6000.co.za)
- Stormy seas and giant waves at Kalk Bay
- Zoopy video of wave damage at Kalk Bay's Polana and Harbour House restaurants
- Storm damage and flooding in Strand and Gordon's Bay
2 Comments:
Well, it the ocean is that close to the tracks and the waves were half as big as the first photo I linked to....I imagine the train will not be running for a day or so!!! Nice shots.
You made me think of a trip I took from London to the coast of Wales a couple of years ago. There were several places like your picture, right on the edge of the sea and the train ususally slowed down when we passed those areas. I hadn't thought of what might happen in a storm!
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