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April 28, 2026 | Policy

South Africa consults on rail masterplan

Repositioning rail as central driver of economic growth will require investment of $US 114bn in freight and passengers operations, as Robert Preston reports.

June 6, 2025 | Commuter Rail

Central Line reopens in Cape Town

Work to reopen 37km commuter line has cost $US 73.2m so far.

April 4, 2025 | Africa

More funding for South African commuter signalling projects

Government has allocated an additional $US 1bn in its 2025 budget for signalling upgrades.

March 10, 2025 | Policy

Amended Cape Town commuter Service Level Plan agreed

Original plan signed by Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) found to have no start date.

June 9, 2023 | Policy

Prasa chairman dismissed

Mr Leonard Ramatlakane was found to have misused property owned by Prasa in Cape Town.

May 11, 2023 | Signalling

Siemens completes South Africa’s largest resignalling project

Work included replacing obsolete relay-based signalling, some of which predated World War II.

April 3, 2023 |

Aria calls for collaboration to revive beleaguered South African network

Both freight and passenger traffic on the network have fallen in recent years.

December 5, 2022 | Commuter Rail

Prasa reopens Johannesburg - Naledi commuter rail line

Prasa is slowly reinstating commuter rail services in South Africa following extensive theft and destruction of infrastructure.

July 1, 2022 | Fleet

Prasa awards five rolling stock refurbishment contracts

The five-year contracts are worth $US 459.3m.

May 23, 2022 | Africa

Prasa funding rises to help commuter recovery

Funding to restore fleet and tackle vandalism.

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