Metrorail has warned of heavy delays following the derailment of a train at Bellville Station on Thursday morning.
In a Tweet sent out shortly after 6am the carrier warned of extended travel times of over an hour on the Northern line due to a derailment of train number T3202 at Bellville Station.
⚠ #NorthernLineCT #ServiceUpdate
Extended travel time of 60+ minutes on the Northern Line due to a derailment of T3202 at Bellville Station. Allow for platform changes at Bellville Station
— Metrorail W/Cape (@CapeTownTrains) September 12, 2019
At this stage it's not clear if anyone has been injured.
More details on this story to follow.
Trian derails at Bellville station. Picture supplied
Outbound T3509 is re-routed to operate via MonteVistaLineCT due to derailment of T3202 at Bellville Station
— Metrorail W/Cape (@CapeTownTrains) September 12, 2019
📢 #NorthernLineCT #Cancellation
Cancellations due to T3202 that derailed at Bellville:
T2379 - 05:47 - Elsies River to Kuils River and T2380 - 06:30 - Kuils River to Cape Town.
— Metrorail W/Cape (@CapeTownTrains) September 12, 2019
#NorthernLineCT #Cancellation:
T3207 is cancelled due to derailment of T3202 at Bellville Station.
— Metrorail W/Cape (@CapeTownTrains) September 12, 2019