PRASA CEO Hishaam Emeran told MPs during a visit to Chris Hani station, Khayelitsha where train infrastructure was being upgraded and repaired. He said the aim was for the service to run by the end of March, but shack dwellers needed to be relocated:
on the Central Line, which had been closed since 2019. Trains are running only from Nyanga to Maitland. Philippi station has been severely damaged and vandalised.The whole building including the ticket offices needs a lot of work. There are holes in the floor and ticket offices windows and doors have been removed, reportedParliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts chair Mkhuleko Hlengwa said progress on the line was far outweighed by the challenges.
MPs have previously described the decision to cancel the contract as irresponsible. Hlengwa said the previous directors should not just ‘walk away scot-free’ and continue to be directors elsewhere. ‘Money has been made available but still there has been no progress in the relocation process. It’s our assessment that there is a lack of political will and lack of collaboration and lack of teamwork.’Emeran said at Govan Mbeki bridge, where shacks have been built on the railway reserve, the railway line would have to be completely rebuilt.
Regional engineering manager Raymond Maseko said trains in the area were running slowly so as to reduce the risk of people getting hurt. ‘The final solution must come so that we can have children protected from moving trains. At the moment from the station all the way to the bridge [in Siyahlala] we are travelling at 15km per hour.’Explore the beauty of Cape Town with this 60-minute cruise for one person for just R155 .
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