Archive for September, 2008

Only in Cape Town…

Monday, September 1st, 2008

…are trains cancelled due to rough seas.

Rough Seas
(Click to view; taken from the Cape Metrorail Traffic Report.)

For those of you not familiar with the Simon’s Town line, this is actually entirely reasonable. In places, the railway line runs right next to the beach; with a spring tide and a heavy storm surge, the sea can wash right over the tracks.