The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has confirmed its intentions to run the Central line in Cape Town once again, as plans are made to relocate households living along the line.
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has confirmed its intentions to run the Central line in Cape Town once again, as plans are made to relocate households living along the line.PRASA said the line could be up and running again by the end of the year.
‘Last year we had people who were occupying the line between Langa and Philippi, and that precluded us from recovering the remaining last eleven stations. Seven stations from Philippi to Chris Hani, and three stations from Philippi to Kapteinsklip. These communities are going to have a train service by the end of this year,’ Raymond Maseko, PRASA Western Cape, said.
The Central Line Project Management Committee reporting back to the affected communities on the progress made with the relocation of the households occupying the Central Line and plans to reopen the services.PRASA plasa to relocate over 5 000 households that are currently encroaching the central line, across 2 phases.
In an effort to relocate the families, the Central Line Relocation Project Management Committee convened a meeting with affected communities on Tuesday to provide updates on the relocation of households illegally occupying the Central Line and the progress of the railway corridor recovery efforts. PRASA said Phase 1 of the relocation focuses on approximately 1 245 households around the Langa station. Phase 2, which covers around 3 950 households in Nyanga, Philippi, and Khayelitsha, is pending land acquisition and statutory procedures.
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