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Winde: Current state of WC's public transport preventing economy from growing
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that a single transport authority was needed.
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CT central line to be fully operational by end of year - Prasa's Ramatlakane
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane said that it was critical to get trains running again on the line.
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Prasa resumes rail operations on Cape Town's central line
Operations resumed between Cape Town and Langa after a disruptive suspension caused by vandalism, cable theft and settlements on the tracks.
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Metrorail in WC reports 76% drop in crime in rail precincts
This follows a number of joint security enforcement operations ahead of the festive season.
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Prasa in WC works with neighbourhood watches to combat rail vandalism, theft
The acting regional manager of Prasa Raymond Maseko said under level 5, Prasa technicians were not working because there were no trains in operation.
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Mbalula: Work is under way to get Cape Town's rail network back on track
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is investing over R1 billion to repair the line.
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Prasa’s rail infrastructure security measures inadequate, says WC DA
The party’s Daylin Mitchell said he had written to provincial Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela to give more details on just how bad the problem was.
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CT Metrorail temporarily suspends services over power supply issues
'Commuters are advised to make use of alternative transport for the morning peak and we will update as events unfold,' said Metrorail's Riana Scott as she apologised for the inconvenience.
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CT train service resumes after overhead power restored
This morning, trains operating between Cape Town and Retreat were suspended following damage to overhead power supply systems as a result of severe weather conditions.
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Fierce winds see Metrorail suspend CT service
Metrorail said that parts of what could be a roof were blown onto a section of the tracks between Mowbray and Rosebank.
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Eskom shouldn't have cut Prasa’s power in CT - Parly transport committee chair
Parliament’s transport portfolio committee chairperson Mosebenzi Zwane said it was unfortunate to involve ordinary people in matters they knew nothing about.
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Services restored to WC rail network after Metrorail pays bill
Eskom cut supply earlier because Prasa was behind with its January bill.
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Lights out: Eskom cuts power to entire WC Metrorail system
The operator said no trains will be operating for the rest of Thursday.
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Over 200 arrests made by CT’s Rail Enforcement Unit in its first year
The unit was launched two years ago to tackle crime impacting Cape Town’s rail network.
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Union questions role of Rapid Rail Unit after latest CT train arson attack
The United National Transport Union (Untu)'s Sonja Castens said the Rapid Rail Unit might as well close because the more than 3,000 members were not doing their jobs properly.
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Untu calls for better crime intelligence to arrest CT train arsonists
The union joined with lobby group #UniteBehind to call out Prasa for failing to pro-actively deal with the situation.
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2 teens arrested for Cape Town station fire
A fire was started during the early hours on 28 November and caused the temporary shutdown of the station.
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Metrorail works to get 43 trains back on the network after fire
Metrorail says the number of sets has dropped because rail infrastructure is being vandalized and destroyed, and assets stolen.
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Fire damage to trains in Cape Town to exceed R60m - Mbalula
Train services were thrown into disarray on Thursday after 18 train carriages were destroyed in a fire at Cape Town Train Station.
