South Africa: Metrorail Central Line to Operate Again After Prasa Promises Better Security

17 January 2018

Cape Town's Central Line is to begin operating on Wednesday afternoon after the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) reached a deal on train safety.

UNTU members had refused to work on the Metrorail's Central Line -- which transports people to the major Cape Flats townships, including Khayelitsha -- after a security guard was murdered on the line earlier this month. Service on the Central Line was consequently suspended.

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