PRASA / Metrorail
Metrorail’s Northern Line is coming back to life, but V-E-R-Y slowly
Trains still don’t stop at what was the line’s busiest station
News | 22 March 2022
No trains operating in the Eastern Cape for over two months
PRASA says “operational challenges” led it to the decision to stop all trains since 7 January
Brief | 11 March 2022
PRASA lets stations go to ruin on Pretoria-Pienaarspoort line
PRASA claims it will rebuild and reopen the stations this year
News | 2 March 2022
Traders are selling goods on the railway tracks in Mamelodi
PRASA vowed to clean up its train stations in Pretoria but very little has been done to improve the service
News | 18 February 2022
PRASA dropped by lawyers as billion-rand corruption deal appeal looms
Siyangena has appealed against the court judgment setting aside its contracts
By James Stent
News | 9 February 2022
Mitchells Plain train stations are in ruins
But Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the Central Line will be running again by July 2022
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 2 February 2022
There are signs of hope amid Metrorail’s decay
On a trip arranged for journalists I saw that Philippi station has been ransacked - but the new trains are fantastic
News | 28 January 2022
Simon’s Town train service is back, but commuters are worried about their safety
Passengers crowd together to fend off robbers
Feature | 13 January 2022
Court grants PRASA another eight months to relocate Cape Town Central Line shack dwellers
Eerste River residents opposing relocation near their community partly to blame for delay says PRASA
News | 26 November 2021