South African Commuters Stranded After Train Services Suspended
Rail operator Metrorail has announced that services on Cape Town's central line were suspended after damage to several mini sub-stations, cables and back-up batteries.
Metrorail train at Nyanga train station in Cape Town (file photo).
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South Africa:
Train Services Suspended in Western Cape
SAnews.gov.za, 11 December 2017
Metrorail Western Cape has suspended all central train services as no trains are able to operate on the Chris Hani - Kapteinsklip and Bishop Lavis lines as a result of extreme… Read more »
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South Africa:
Metrorail's Lies
GroundUp, 11 December 2017
Imagine your bank leaves cash lying about in its branches. The doors are unlocked at night. The safes don't work. The bank does spend billions of rands on security, but it hires… Read more »
InFocus
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Rail operator Metrorail has released statistics revealing that very few of its Cape Town trains actually run on time, and at least 40% of scheduled trains are non-operational. Read more »