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WC services recovered after being impacted by COVID-19, says Metrorail
Earlier this month, the rail operator announced a temporary two-day suspension when at least 20 critical train operations employees were off from work due to...
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Prasa to focus on recovering rail corridors, financial woes, says CEO Matthews
Group CEO Zolani Matthews said recovering affected rail corridors, cashflow challenges and security issues were key focus areas over the next few months.
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Cable theft derailing 30% of rail operations every week, says Transnet CEO Derby
Derby said that the impact was extraordinary, with 650 of these crimes reported monthly.
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Prasa sets objectives as it works to get CT central line fully operational again
Prasa has introduced a service recovery programme aimed at fixing the infrastructure along the corridor and the rehabilitation of the power supply network.
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Criminals seen taking railway tracks at Cleveland train station
A motorist told Eyewitness News that while driving past the Cleveland train station, he witnessed people stealing rail tracks.
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Residents living on CT railway line refusing to leave until land found for them
The Lockdown Informal settlement in Phillipi has been in existence for as long as the pandemic has been in the country - and residents here have settled in nicely with spaza shops and hardware stores.
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Mbalula: 22 corridors identified as top priority for train service recovery
Mbalula on Monday led a briefing following oversight inspection at the Mayfair, Kliptown and Germiston train stations.
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Mbalula pinpoints leadership instability, cable theft as Prasa's challenges
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula led a briefing on Monday following early morning inspections at the Mayfair, Kliptown and Germiston train stations.
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SA’s public transport system lacks integration, Competition Commission finds
Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele on Wednesday released the final recommendations of the 2020 Public Transport Market Inquiry report.
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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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Illegal settlers on CT's central rail line waiting on Prasa for alternative land
The central line train service was partially restored on Monday morning between Cape Town and Langa but the line is still being blocked off by illegal occupiers.
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Prasa warns of evictions if land invaders don't move off CT's central rail line
Residents in the Lockdown informal settlement in Phillipi have received a notice to vacate, but they said that they had nowhere to go.
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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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Prasa urging illegal land occupiers to vacate for CT's central line to run again
Prasa wants to resume the rail services on the central line, which has been closed since November 2019.
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Plans to relocate people living on railway line at advanced stage - WC Transport
Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said that one of their key priorities was to relocate shacks that had sprung up on tracks that had been unused for months.
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COVID-19: Metrorail suspends services in Cape Town
The Regional Train Traffic Control and Management Centre had to shut down on Sunday as a precautionary measure due to a COVID-19 infection case there.
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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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Vandalism, land invasions major obstacles to restoring CT's central rail line
Since the Western Cape's busiest line was shut in October last year, the rail system has been exposed to vandalism and cable theft and during the COVID-19 lockdown period, people invaded the railway lines.
