Talk:2014 Katanga train derailment

Location

Some news sources give the location as near Katongola 8°23′30″S 24°39′49″E, itself near Kamina. This is over 360 km away from Likasi. What's the correct location? Abductive (reasoning) 02:05, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

• Thank you. Likasi is south of Kamina, but the accident was north of Kamina, near the Katongola Bridge. I will correct the article.Ekem (talk) 14:02, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Time of derailment

The article says, "Between 10:00 and 11:00 local time (11:00-12:00 UTC)", but eastern DRC is on Central Africa Time, which is UTC+02:00 year-round. So if the accident happened between 10:00 and 11:00 local time, it was 8:00-9:00 UTC. And if it happened between 11:00 and 12:00 UTC, then it was 13:00-14:00 local time. Which is right? Angr (talk) 07:50, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

I see that the BBC news link in the article says "between 10:00 and 11:00 local time (09:00 and 10:00 GMT)", which makes sense if by "GMT" they mean British Summer Time, so I'm changing the UTC time. Angr (talk) 07:54, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Route knowledge and speed boards

Speed around sharp curves can be controlled by:

• driver's knowledge of the route.
• speed boards advising drivers of the lower speed limit at or approaching the sharp curve
• some kind of ATP system that regulates the train speed automatically.

Which of these apply in DRCongo? Tabletop (talk) 08:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Given the poor state of the infrastructure there, I suspect the first of those is all they have. Angr (talk) 16:04, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Apparent contradiction

The death toll is listed as 48 in the lead but 63 in the infobox. Which is correct? —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 12:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)