
Cape Town’s busiest railway still a long way from restarting
Prasa says the plan is to have the Central Line operating again by next year December.
Prasa says the plan is to have the Central Line operating again by next year December.
Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain residents will have to put up with limited public transport for a long time to come.
Vendors that trade at central line stations say that the suspension of the railway service has negatively affected them.
Problems with public transport will continue to plague commuters from Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain this year.
There is no end in sight of the suspension of the Central line in Cape Town.
Train commuters in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, the Western Cape’s most populous areas, have been forced to find alternative transport after the suspension since Monday […]
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