Metrorail
Mbalula: Prasa to roll out limited train service on Cape Town’s central line
Mbalula visited the key route to assess work being carried out as part of efforts to get trains back on tracks.
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CT's northern rail line expected to return to operation on Wednesday
It is one of the Cape's busiest lines that transports thousands of people daily.
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Metrorail announces passenger service will resume from Wednesday
The passenger service resumes from Wednesday and would come complete with a new operating timetable.
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WC Metrorail suspends all train services due to power issues
Metrorail said it was left with no other alternative but to suspend its services while Eskom fixed the problem at the Tafel Bay Substation.
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Metrorail working to remove informal settlers from Central Line
The squatters have prevented the rail operator from fully reopening the Central Line that's been offline since 2019 due to cable theft and vandalism.
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What it’s like riding the Cape Town Metrorail train
With the return to office, full-time learning reinstated and petrol price increases, the reliance on public trains has increased. Eyewitness News took a trip on one of the busiest lines in the Western Cape to uncover the experiences of train commuters.
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PHOTO ESSAY: A morning ride on Cape Town’s busiest Metrorail train line
Eyewitness News journalist Abigail Javier took a train ride on Cape Town’s busiest line, the northern line, from Kraaifontein to the city. This is the experience she captured.
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Prasa 'working around clock' to remove people occupying train tracks in CT
Thousands of people are still occupying the train tracks in Langa and Phillipi.
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Gauteng Metrorail launches probe after two new trains collide in Tshwane
The commuter rail service operator said a train coming from the Mabopane Station experienced a technical fault outside the Soshanguve Depot earlier on Monday, leading to the crash.
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Mbalula confident CT's central line will be fully operational by end of July
The central line has not been in operation since October 2019.
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Cape Town could have 16 new trains in service by mid-year
On Monday, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula conducted an oversight visit onboard one of the new, so-called 'people's trains'.
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Cape Town set to get new trains soon - Mbalula
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that four more new train sets were expected to be rolled onto the city's railway lines in the coming months.
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Metrorail recovers services in WC after telecomms affected by cable theft
The rail operator was forced to cancel the bulk of its services with only a shuttle service running between Bellville and Kraaifontein.
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WC DA pledges to improve Metrorail & expand MyCiTi services
Cape Town mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis has on Thursday briefed the media at the Woodstock Train Station.
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Damage to CT rail infrastructure caused by latest vandalism at R1m - Metrorail
As a result, Metrorail can't run services on the southern line, specifically between Retreat and Fish Hoek.
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Metrorail to continue working on vandalised Wellington, Kraaifontein line
Metrorail spokesperson Nana Zenani said that only a single line was in operation between Muldersvlei and Dal Josafat.
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Wellington train line vandalised, Metrorail warns passengers of severe delays
Metrorail on Wednesday said that there was ongoing work between Kraaifontein and Wellington.
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Metrorail: 26 suspects arrested recently for cable theft, vandalism in WC
Between mid-August and early this month, the rail operator and police have been busy cracking down on crime affecting train operations.
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Gauteng rail commuters left to find own transport as Metrorail suspends service
The rail company is blaming technical problems.
