The board has also been tasked with the responsibility to secure trains, passengers and assets by deploying security personnel on trains, among others.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has instructed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa board to improve reliability of trains and train cancellations by 60% and 41% improvement respectively.
The president boarded a train from Mabopane to the Tshwane CBD recently when the train was delayed by two hours, which also led to huge overcrowding. He said the board must also address the lack of consequence management, following the Mountainview crash near Pretoria in January which claimed four lives and left 620 injured.
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