THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is rebuilding and recovering five high-priority commuter rail corridors, three of which, in Gauteng, will reopen before the end of the year.
These are in addition to five lines that are already operational.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and the management of PRASA this week conducted an oversight inspection of the work on the Leralla to Johannesburg corridor, the Pretoria to Pienaarspoort corridor and the Naledi to Johannesburg corridor.
Work to replace overhead traction equipment (OHTE) on the Naledi to Johannesburg line is 70% complete and OHTE work on the Pienaarspoort to Pretoria line is 90% complete. Both will open in September.
Work on the OHTE on the Leralla to Johannesburg line is 40% complete and it will open in October.
PRASA is also working to recover the Kliptown line, in Soweto.
Additionally, PRASA will also open a train service connecting Johannesburg to Pretoria.
As part of the R2.7-billion reconstruction and recovery, the agency
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