Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga officially opened the train service between Nyanga and Cape Town on Tuesday morning.
CAPE TOWN - Train commuters between Nyanga and Cape Town train station said that they were happy that trains were officially back on line.
The minister and members of the media took a train ride from Nyanga to Cape Town station to assess the work done to recover the rail infrastructure and stations on the Cape Town central line. "It's more convenient for us to take the train. So now I pay R8 for a ticket but actually I'm saving R10."Meanwhile, Western Cape Mobility MEC Ricardo Mackenzie said that he hoped that the problematic Metrorail central line would be fully up and running soon.
Mackenzie said that there were indications that the railway line could be fully functional before the end of the year.
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