Johnathan Paoli
THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has reopened an additional line connecting Soweto to the Johannesburg metro’s central business district, at Park Station.
Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga took a train with commuters on Friday morning, and said that with a cost of just R7.50 cents, Soweto commuters could once again travel to the city centre, bringing much relief to their pockets.
The Nancefield to Park Station corridor is among 36 Metrorail lines that stopped working due to infrastructure theft and vandalism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
So far, 31 of PRASA’s 40 corridors across the country have been rehabilitated.
Prasa Board Chairperson Nokwe Makama said the agency is working tirelessly to bring the remaining nine back to service.
“We are working on steroids. So they have been working night and day to make sure that everything is back. What we are doing as the Board is an
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