No Injuries, Thank God!

The southern suburb train of the capital, scheduled to arrive at 09:01 this Saturday, November 8, unusually stopped a few dozen meters from the terminus, at the Bb-Alioua bridge. The microphone turns on, the driver apologizes: "Excuse us! We can't continue...", the doors open, and passengers get off. Men, women, children, elderly, and disabled people, all forced to walk to the main railway station of the capital... The press was coincidentally on the scene. What happened?

On their way, passengers who were struggling to walk on the rails and stones discovered another train that had derailed while leaving the station. Several railway tracks were then condemned, and traffic to the southern suburbs was interrupted.

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Certainly, train users had become accustomed to this kind of setback, as derailments and railway accidents become frequent. Nevertheless, people couldn't help but express their anger and bitterness. "No maintenance of infrastructure", "We've had enough!", "No respect for citizens", "When will we have transportation like civilized countries?", people shouted here and there, discontent.

Some other passengers expressed relief that the derailment occurred just near the station and that the driver had the reflex to open the doors to avoid keeping them hostage and delaying them from their occupations.

There was no assistance on site, no agent from the National Railway Company came to supervise and guide the passengers, who were likely unaware of the danger they were in by walking on the railway tracks and under high-voltage power lines... "Assistance? Supervision? You think you're where?", an internet user reacted heatedly.