Cape Town Metrorail spokesperson Riana Scott said 12 trains would operate on weekdays between 6.16am and 7.30pm, from Heathfield to Cape Town, and 13 trains would operate in the other direction.
It will become the second Metrorail corridor to be reopened, with the southern line having reopened when South Africa downgraded to lockdown level 3 in June.
Trains will initially stop at nine stations, namely Cape Town, Woodstock, Salt River, Maitland, Athlone, Lansdowne, Ottery, Southfield and Heathfield.Train capacity will be limited to 70% with only that number of tickets being sold per commute. Scott said commuters would have to use designated exits and entries where indicated at stations and in train carriages. To ensure compliance, access to stations and platforms will be monitored by ticket verifiers, marshals and security guards.
Acting regional manager Raymond Maseko said there was a steady increase of commuters on the southern line and he expected a similar trend on the Cape Flats line. The other corridor, Metrorail’s central line which serves communities in some of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs, was also stripped bare by vandals and thieves.Maseko described commuter behaviour and compliance to the new rules as “excellent”.
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