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GroundUp reports that the Passenger Railway Agency of SA (Prasa) has released footage of two Gauteng train stations that have been closed, with services suspended due to vandalism in December 2019.
The stations are Booysens in Johannesburg and Knights station in Kaalfontein. In a statement, the agency said an unprecedented spike in mass vandalism, theft of electrical wires, lack of electrical lines and the destruction of infrastructure had resulted in a majority of sections across regional railway services being closed down. It had suffered severe disruption in commuter services as a result. Prasa indicated that it had implemented various interventions to reduce the delay and cancellation of services, including diesel locomotives being taken to areas with no overhead power to run trains. The rail agency has also focused security on high-crime hot spots and expedited all procurement contracts for spares and other critical services. "The enormity of the task to rebuild substations and related support infrastructure cannot be underestimated, there simply are no quick fixes," Zwelakhe Mayaba, Acting Prasa Rail CEO, warned.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nomvelo Chalumbira at News24
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