A Translux bus was photographed by a member of the public while allegedly illegally overtaking across a solid line. The incident occurred about 50 km before Touws Rivier along the N1. The bus was apparently on its way to Cape Town, travelling from...
Hundreds of billions of rand in investment into passenger and freight rail transportation will see the Passenger Rails Association of South Africa injecting R123-billion into its rolling stock replacement programme and European manufacturer Alstom...
Hundreds of billions of rand in investment into passenger and freight rail transportation is set to inject vigour into what has been a dying industry in SA. State freight logistics group Transnet and the Passenger Rail Association of SA (Prasa)...
The state and safety of South Africa’s decades-old passenger trains have came under the spotlight in recent month. Some of the areas under discussion are modern safety features such as automatic train protection systems and the enduring...
The chief executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), Lucky Montana, has revealed that within three years many of South Africa’s trains will be too unsafe to carry passengers. The announcement on June 19 came just hours before a...
The state and safety of South Africa’s decades-old passenger trains came under the spotlight at Parliament on Tuesday. “Metrorail trains fail in all respects to meet international standards, except their heating system,” Passenger Rail Agency...
According to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Cape Town International Airport needs a rail link to the city. Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said that 12 million tourists pass through Cape Town International Airport every year, which is a...
A Metrorail train with about 500 passengers crashed into a stationary goods train at Fisantekraal train station near Durbanville on Tuesday night, hours after rail boss Lucky Montana disclosed to Parliament the shocking state of SA’s trains. “If we...
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says that more than 60 rolling stock manufacturers and their partner companies have bought tender documents for contracts to replace the Metrorail commuter emu fleet. The two 10-year contracts to design...
