Update on Long-distance Passenger Rail Services

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has received additional locomotives from Transnet to address the impact of unreliable old locomotives that disrupted some of the trips on the recently reintroduced Mainline Passenger Services (MLPS). PRASA and Transnet are also working closely to ensure effective mitigations are in place to ensure trains will reliably arrive at their destinations.

A revised timetable has been drawn up that reflects the impact of the operational challenges experienced in the first week since the service was returned.

PRASA apologises for the inconveniences that passengers have experienced. The agency is committed to ironing out these operational issues and ensuring that the MLPS is as safe, reliable, and affordable as possible.

For more information, customers can contact: 011 013 0231/2/3