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Commuters in South Africa have been stuck on a train going from Johannesburg to Cape Town since Sunday.
The journey was meant to take 20 hours, reports South Africa's Independent Online (IOL).
But the train stopped, first in Kimberley for three hours then in Orania for 67 hours and again stopped in Prince Albert for more than 13 hours, reports Times Live.
The delay was made worse when the rescue train also broke down, IOL adds.
Passenger Zak Benjamin told Times Live that scant information had been given to travellers, who were very angry:
“The smell is unbearable. The toilets are not flushing. We’ve run out of food. It’s been lies and lies from management and nothing has come into fruition.
“Some people
jumped out of the train to hitchhike to Cape Town. People are extremely frustrated. There have been talks of violence and burning this train.”
The spokesperson for Shosholoza Meyl, which operates long-distance passenger rail services in South Africa, apologised for the incident and promised that the train would go on to another station, Laingsburg, where people would then be collected by bus, TimesLive reports.
