Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is making big promises that paralyzed train services will be up and running by mid-year.
An additional four Blue Trains will be added to the 12 currently running, by mid-year.
The Northern Line consists of 34 stations that need upgrades, but five particularly are in dire need of repairs including Parow, Fisantekraal and Koelenhof.Mbalula said,"these are Athlone and Maitland stations, the vast majority stations in the Northern line, where we come from, are before we arrived here which is Tygerberg and the other area we went to are in a fair condition and this corridor has been a focus of Prasa.
"The security, there are 3,100 security that was employed by Prasa earlier. On one component is community ‘s participation we launched the PL2P in the Western Cape which is a community-driven program”. Regarding the ongoing delays in reopening the central line which hasn’t been operational in two years, Prasa says two portions of land have been identified to relocate people who are currently encroaching on its property.
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