{"id":4349,"date":"2025-12-17T04:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2025-12-17T04:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:27:43","slug":"city-of-cape-town-a-step-closer-to-running-train-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4349","title":{"rendered":"City of Cape Town a step closer to running train services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>The City of Cape Town has approved a Rail Business Plan for devolving the operation of the city\u2019s Metrorail services from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The city will now submit a memorandum to the National Department of Transport requesting that rail services be devolved.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Passenger rail gets back on track, slowly \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Cape Town pushes harder for policing, rail and port control<\/div>\n<p>According to Mayco member for urban mobility Rob Quintas, devolution will only be possible with funding from the National Treasury, which he says must take the form of a multi-year funding agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s long-term mobility plan envisages devolution being completed by 2028, but Quintas says the timeline \u201cwill ultimately be determined by the national government\u201d and is outside the city\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The plan also proposes the development of a rail link to Blue Downs, with the possibility of further expansion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u00a02023, the city threatened Prasa with an intergovernmental dispute after failed attempts to establish a working committee on rail devolution.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, the city said the process had been delayed several times by the national government. A Service Level Plan between Prasa and the city was then signed\u00a0in February 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Calls for devolution follow many years of deteriorating passenger rail services, culminating in a near-total collapse in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said the recovery of the Central Line \u2013 Cape Town\u2019s \u201cmost important rail corridor\u201d \u2013 had cost about R1.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Cape Town: Prasa and city rail agreement finally gets going<\/div>\n<div class=\"ApplePlainTextBody\" dir=\"auto\">Cape Town sets the ball rolling for revamped rail service [Dec 2024]<\/div>\n<p>Quintas said devolving Metrorail would benefit \u201clower-income households who travel long distances from their homes, work, and school\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2025 GroundUp. 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