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A train station in Western Cape. Picture: Department of Transport.

New prasa trains

Prasa aims to complete upgrades at 39 train stations across SA in 2022

By Kaylynn Palm

On Cape Town's Northern Line, there have been significant upgrades at Vasco and Tygerberg stations, costing between R10 million and R12 million each.

  • Unite Behind staged a demonstration at the Cape Town Station where President Cyril Ramaphosa was unveiling new train sets. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Protesters stop Ramaphosa from leaving after unveiling new trains

    Unite Behind staged a demonstration at the Cape Town Station where President Cyril Ramaphosa was unveiling new train sets.

    1221 days ago
  • FILE: Prasa unveiled the new models that form part of its modernisation programme. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    GALLERY: A look inside Prasa's new train sets

    Prasa has unveiled the new models that form part of its modernisation programme.

    1221 days ago
  • Transport Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Nzimande instructs Prasa to get trains in order after safety permit refused

    The Railway Safety Regulator says the company’s current safety permit expired on Tuesday.

    1471 days ago
  • Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) acting group CEO Cromet Molepo. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    Prasa acting CEO urges commuters stop train vandalism

    Former Transport Minister Joe Maswangayi was scheduled to go on a train trip from Khayelitsha to Cape Town but since last night’s Cabinet reshuffle plans have had to change.

    1627 days ago
  • FILE: Officials and rescue services personnel on the scene of a train crash in Germiston on 9 January, 2018. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EWN

    Prasa calls for swift action against rail infrastructure vandalism

    In the latest incident, in Cape Town, city officials are blaming vandalism on the central line after a train came off the tracks last night.

    1667 days ago
  • FILE: Chairman of the Prasa board Popo Molefe (centre) at a press briefing. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Molefe: Prasa vindicated by court decision to set aside R3.5bn tender

    Prasa's board has succeeded in getting an irregular locomotive tender set aside nearly two years after the Public Protector found large-scale maladministration at the rail agency.

    1865 days ago
  • FILE: Prasa's head office next to Park Station at Umjantshi House on Wolmarans Street, Braamfontein. Picture: Google Earth.

    Court sets aside Prasa’s contract for new locomotives

    In a win for Prasa, the court has found that "corruption would triumph" if the tender was not set aside.

    1866 days ago
  • FILE: Prasa's head office next to Park Station at Umjantshi House on Wolmarans Street, Braamfontein. Picture: Google Earth.

    Questions surround Prasa’s financial sustainability

    MPs have been told Prasa has a liquidity problem because it has a R1.8bn liability in operational expenditure.

    2080 days ago
  • FILE: A prototype of Prasa’s new locomotive series. Picture: Twitter via @AlstomItalia.

    Prasa’s new trains remain off tracks due to irregularities

    The R3 billion locomotives will remain off the tracks because of irregularities identified by the Auditor-General.

    2080 days ago
  • Prasa.

    ANC denies involvement in alleged Prasa bribes

    It’s reported Popo Molefe has filed court papers claiming the ANC benefited from Prasa’s locomotives deal.

    2177 days ago
  • Atul Gupta. Picture: AFP.

    Reports: Gupta family allegedly attempted to capture Prasa

    The Sunday Times says the Guptas, Duduzane Zuma & Ben Martins, and Montana over tender application.

    2245 days ago
  • FILE: One of Prasa’s new test trains to replace the aging Metrorail fleet. Picture: Department of Transport.

    Prasa seeks to recover R2.6bn spent on irregular tender

    The rail agency launched a lawsuit against Swifambo Rail Leasing to recoup the money wasted on tall trains.

    2247 days ago
  • A new fleet of Metrorail trains has been unveiled at Pretoria station. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Transport minister unveils new fleet of metrorail trains

    Metro rail commuters can expect to be ferried in new trains later this year as government unveils new trains as part of R59 billion investment.

    2270 days ago
  • One of Prasa’s new test trains to replace the aging Metrorail fleet. Picture: Department of Transport.

    Prasa’s controversial locomotives contract still before court

    The rail agency says it will await the outcome before determining whether money was paid unlawfully.

    2383 days ago
  • Prasa's head office next to Park Station at Umjantshi House on Wolmarans Street, Braamfontein. Picture: Google Earth.

    DA calls on the Hawks to widen probe into Prasa

    New reports suggest that a lead contractor paid R80 million to President Jacob Zuma's aides.

    2384 days ago
  •  Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) took journalists aboard the new trains it purchased from a Spanish manufacturer to prove that they comply with standards on 13 July, 2015. Picture: Kgotatso Mogale/EWN.

    Prasa calls for patience as they test locomotives

    A video doing the rounds shows a blue locomotive narrowly missing what appears to be a bridge.

    2519 days ago
  • FILE: Former CEO Lucky Montana claimed the trains were not too tall for railway lines. Picture: Kgotatso Mogale/EWN.

    New trains not fit for SA infrastructure - Molefe

    This comes after Prasa imported locomotives from Spain with a price tag of R600 million.

    2534 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab picture of Prasa chairman, Popo Molefe.

    ‘Prasa is on a mission to clean up’

    This follows receipt of the Auditor General’s Report which highlighted irregular and wasteful expenditure.

    2557 days ago
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