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The route became impassable when 4 000 sleepers were damaged by the fires of 2018. Journalist Thursday, 10 December 2020, 10:02 The Power Van s unique experience on rail in the Outeniqua Mountains is now available again.
GEORGE NEWS - Repair work to the fire-damaged railway line in the Outeniqua Mountain has been completed and the Outeniqua Power Van (OPV) is resuming its popular excursions along the route from 14 December.
The route became impassable when 4 000 sleepers were damaged by the fires of 2018.
Power Van operator Nicol Marais is over the moon about the opening after two years of closure, especially after a lot of uncertainty about when the line would be repaired, and even speculation as to whether it would ever happen.