Gautrain hit by cable theft, leaks

[d$k_1]

noo my precious

 

[BBSA]

where? ( Close to I mean ) Sorry I did not know this.



// duck award

Have a look at this map: http://196.35.44.6/GautrainMapserver/

 

[grok]

Hey they knew what kind of country we live in and the crime we have to suffer daily, would be truly negligent if they didn't plan for this ..

Actually would've save us a lot of money if they had just run a bus service from the start!

 

[Fudzy]

Hey they knew what kind of country we live in and the crime we have to suffer daily, would be truly negligent if they didn't plan for this ..

Actually would've save us a lot of money if they had just run a bus service from the start!

I'd be scared of travelling in buses at the speeds the Guatrain gets up to, especially in traffic

 

[Mila]

Have a look at this map: http://196.35.44.6/GautrainMapserver/

tx!

 

[Devill]

They also said they'd be burying the cable under tonnes of concrete. I am sure that the bill for construction has tonnes of cement for burying cable on the invoice. Not doing it makes for more profit.

+1. I also thought that was the plan.

I'd be scared of travelling in buses at the speeds the Guatrain gets up to, especially in traffic

LOL

 

[supersunbird]

Hey they knew what kind of country we live in and the crime we have to suffer daily, would be truly negligent if they didn't plan for this ..

Actually would've save us a lot of money if they had just run a bus service from the start!

Then noone would have taken it, to weave through the traffic on the bus between hatflied and centurion this morning easily added 30 to 35 minutes to the trip

 

[Ecco]

i dont know what cables were stolen, but why did they build the thing with those overhead powerlines? Most of the subway trains i have seen draw power from an additional track on the ground.

 

[Mila]

Gautrain station gate closes on boy's head

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gautrain-station-gate-closes-on-boys-head-2011

I would not blame the train. The child is 3, at a train station. He should be held at all times.
Or am I just stupid because I'm not a parent?

 

[Voicy]

i dont know what cables were stolen, but why did they build the thing with those overhead powerlines? Most of the subway trains i have seen draw power from an additional track on the ground.

I highly doubt they stole the cables (power lines) everyone's thinking of. From what I gather, the cables to the closest mini-sub feeding the depots were nicked.

 

[Fudzy]

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gautrain-station-gate-closes-on-boys-head-2011

I would not blame the train. The child is 3, at a train station. He should be held at all times.
Or am I just stupid because I'm not a parent?

Well kids shouldn't be left unattended around train stations (besides the trains there are probably creepy people around). But I wonder why the doors don't have sensors to stop children's heads, hands etc from being caught?

 

[Albereth]

I'd be scared of travelling in buses at the speeds the Guatrain gets up to, especially in traffic

Might as well be in a taxi

 

[b166er]

It's also broken between Sandton and Rosebank - it rained and it appears that rain is made of water.

An investigating committee would first have to determine that the leakage was indeed cause by this "rain", and that this "rain" is indeed wet as well as to determine what exactly it is composed of. After the findings are tabled, a task team will be set up to establish the cause of this "rain" and draft regulations will be published to determine what can be done to prevent further "rain".

 

[Heisenborg]

lol

 

[Mila]

An investigating committee would first have to determine that the leakage was indeed cause by this "rain", and that this "rain" is indeed wet as well as to determine what exactly it is composed of. After the findings are tabled, a task team will be set up to establish the cause of this "rain" and draft regulations will be published to determine what can be done to prevent further "rain".

They will come to the conclusion it was hail/ice and start over again..

 

[creeper]

They will come to the conclusion it was hail/ice and start over again..

And then blame it to apartheid.

 

[Heisenborg]

and then tax us again for it

 

[LazyLion]

and then tax us again for it

That's a great idea! Just tax the motorists/ratepayers/gautengers/whitepeople/etc. again to pay for extra security and cable repairs!

Voila, problem solved!

 

[DigitalSoldier]

I highly doubt they stole the cables (power lines) everyone's thinking of. From what I gather, the cables to the closest mini-sub feeding the depots were nicked.

This is what I heard as well.

 

[Mila]

and then tax us again for it

Then realize that ice is water and start all over again..