WATCH | Ramaphosa rides SA-made train - and this time it doesn't break down

Ramaphosa's Prasa train ride this time round was by far better than the last one... it didn't break down.

But on Tuesday, the fast - albeit bumpy - train ride between Cape Town station and Mowbray arrived back in Cape Town on time for the president to make his next appointment at Beyerskloof wine farm in Stellenbosch, where he was expected to meet farmers.

Metrorail is expecting to receive 600 of these trains by 2020, with the new Gibela factory in Nigel, east of Joburg, churning out 30 coaches a month. They are the first new commuter trains to be built in SA in nearly 40 years. The new trains are less susceptible to fire and have several new security features, including built-in cameras.

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