Currently, the Metrorail train sets are sitting at 157 and Mbalula wants to double them in number.
In launching the Passenger Rail Association of SA "war room" on Thursday, Mbalula set a number of ambitious targets."Ensure Metrorail train set availability is at 291 train sets, currently at 157. Overcrowding in trains due to insufficient number of train sets on any given day creates a fertile ground for criminal activity and injuries in our commuter rail environment";
"Improve on-time arrivals of Shosholoza Meyl to above 50%, currently at 3%. Shosholoza Meyl has been an important enabler of those who travel from far flung and rural provinces to access work opportunities and indeed business prospects in urban centres for many decades. These are people who cannot afford other modes of transport and depend on long distance trains to make a living";"Achieve 100% correct configuration of train sets, currently at 41%.
Mbalula said that the"continued decline of the quality of service Prasa provides" needed urgent intervention. To this end, the war room was being put in place to"aggressively improve the quality of our passenger rail service".
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