Circulation On The Yaounde- Ngaoundere Railway line Re-established

The stretch is functional since midnight January 20, 2020 after being suspended due to a derailement that occurred on January 18, 2020 in Mbaki II in the East Region.

In the night of January 18, 2020 at 10:40 pm two commercial trains belonging to Camrail derailed in Mbaki II village, 9 kilometers from Goyou in the East region leaving 2 drivers injured.

2 locomotives also ended in a valley, 4 wagons fell, goods destroyed, and the line damaged reason why trips from Yaounde to Ngaoundere were suspended for a day.
The General Manager of Camrail made the information public on January 19, 2020 to inform the public on the matter.
All possible measures to arrange the stretch affected were taken immediately for passengers to travel again .

The yaounde – Ngaoundere stretch is now steady after technicians worked on the road, and the injured are not in a critical state.

Investigations on the exact cause of the accident are ongoing on this line which register the highest number of passengers out of the 1500,000 and 1 650 000 tons of goods the Cameroon rail way company records every year.

Natacha Lehman

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