This is a free community service. Commuter rail – the backbone of public transport in Cape Town – is on the brink of total collapse.

The acute decrease in the number of passengers making use of commuter rail confirms the escalating decline that we have witnessed since 2015. The Metrorail trains and the long-distance rail services mainly terminate at the Cape Town Railway Station, which is the main railway station for the city of Cape Town. It is located along the streets of Adderley and Strand in the CBD, and is the hub of the Metrorail Western Cape commuter rail network. Get the latest train times for Cape Metrorail, including platform numbers at Cape Town and Bellville, along with line updates informing you about delays and cancellations. The CapeFLYER’s Boston to Cape Cod weekend passenger train service is offered Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays from from May 28th through September 6th (Labor Day) with transportation to Hyannis from South Station.Scheduled travel time is 2 hours and 20 minutes. A rail summit will be hosted early in the new year when the City of Cape Town will meet with role-players from the private sector, business leaders, and other interested and affected parties to devise short-term interventions to address the current crisis that rail commuters face on a daily basis. Officials Explore Bringing Commuter Rail Service To Cape Cod - Falmouth, MA - The study is exploring Buzzards Bay as a new home for a Commuter Rail station. Sponsored advertisement. Plans to restart Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s suspended commuter services on the Central Line between Cape Town and Chris Hani were announced by Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula on March 5. The City of Cape Town announced on March 25 that it will appoint a team of rail professionals to plan its proposed takeover of commuter rail services. “Commuter rail should be the safest and most reliable method of transport,” concludes Hirsch, but at the moment, it’s maybe the most unsafe one. The city is also conducting a comprehensive investigation of Metrorail with the aim of taking over from Prasa as the rail authority in the Metro. Metrorail will reopen its Cape Flats train service from Monday. Cape Town commuter rail recovery plan announced. Welcome to the CTTRAINS timetable. Ailola Cape Town was founded in 1998, is run by its South African owner and is located in Seapoint district just a few meters from the beach.

Passenger rail numbers in Cape Town have fallen by 30% from 2015/16 to 2016/17. Updated Friday, 13 March, 2020 by www.railwaygazette.com. “This is a sign of inequality and there is nowhere more evidence of that than in Cape Town.” City declares its intention to take over management of commuter rail in Cape Town

Commuter rail in Cape Town is on the brink of total collapse. Please note that this site has no association with Metrorail. CAPE Town’s ailing rail system is up for a major overhaul, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Cape Town City Council and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). Africa. Ailola Cape Town English School, 1st Floor, 4 Regent Rd, Sea Point, 8005 Cape Town, ☎ +27-21-439-9834 ([email protected], fax: +27-21-434-3267), .