PRASA says almost all train corridors in Western Cape have running trains
Train services, especially on the busy Central Line in Cape Town ground to a halt in 2019 due to rampant theft and vandalism of rail infrastructure.
FILE: Prasa trains in 2019. Picture: Eyewitness News.
CAPE TOWN - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says almost all the train corridors in the Western Cape now have running trains.
PRASA appeared before the Provincial Standing Committee on Mobility to give an update on its plans to improve passenger rail services in the province.
Train services, especially on the busy Central Line in Cape Town, ground to a halt in 2019 due to rampant theft and vandalism of rail infrastructure.
Over the years, PRASA has been working to restore train services in the Cape.
PRASA Regional Manager Raymond Maseko said out of the 124 Metrorail train stations in the Cape, only three do not have train access.
Those stations are Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, and Kapteinsklip, which are some of the busiest in Cape Town.
However, he said the aim is to have a full train service running along these lines in the next few months.
"The station work is at 80% complete, but you do not have to take it from me, those that live on the Kapteinsklip line closer to Mitchells Plain or Lentergeur, you will see contractors that are currently working there."
He said they were currently using 58 of the 72 new blue trains on the recovered corridors.