Cameroon re-launches express train after 5 years

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YAOUNDÉ, 1 May, 2021 (TON): Express train between Douala and Yaoundé back on the rails via a safety test run overseen by transport authorities.

Almost five years have passed since the Eséka railway accident in Cameroon that took 79 lives and left around 600 people injured.

The train has since been doubled in size with sixteen cars instead of the usual nine.

Cameroonian Minister Jean Ernest Ngale Bihehe said, "The Transcam 1 Douala Yaounde is in the process of being completely rehabilitated. The same is true for Transcam 2 between Yaoundé and Ngaoundéré. When you have recently installed equipment, the speed per kilometre must be reduced. This is what we have done today.”

However, following Thursday's successful test run, the first departures of the express train have been scheduled for the upcoming days.

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