The Portfolio Committee on Transport will today undertake an oversight visit to the train operations in the East Rand.

The committee was petitioned to undertake such a visit to understand better the challenge of not having trains run on the East Rand, and also it wanted to witness vandalised train stations that link up communities with economic opportunities.

The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Donald Selamolela, said the committee is committed to seeing train operations adequately functioning across all communities, hence it welcomed the opportunity to visit the East Rand.

He said: "Evidence that the committee engages with people and stakeholders was everywhere. This will be our approach going into the future. We want to hear our people, and we want to see how they live so that they get the response they deserve on things they need."

"When it comes to transport it is needless to say that this committee will forever champion for rail that complements other transport modes in ensuring safe, affordable and reliable public transport," emphasised Mr Selamolela.