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PRASA partially restores five more railway corridors

26th April 2024

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says it has restored another five Metrorail corridors across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.

These rail services were interrupted by Covid-19, vandalism, crime and poor maintenance under previous management teams.

The services restored as of the end of March are Cape Town to Stellenbosch (Western Cape); Merebank to Chatsglen (KwaZulu-Natal); Johannesburg to Florida (Gauteng); Johannesburg to Nancefield (Gauteng); and Germiston to Elsburg (Gauteng).

The addition of the new lines means that PRASA has now returned 31 of a planned 40 lines back into partial operation.

The agency says it is “focused on achieving full operational status for these corridors”.

Full operational status would mean running more trains at higher frequencies throughout the day.

Key to this would be the roll-out of new and/or upgraded signalling systems. PRASA says it is “actively working” to repair vandalised signalling equipment.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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