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Ndebele calls for rolling stock manufacturers' Metrorail proposals
Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele invited manufacturers of rolling stock to submit proposals to supply more than 7000 coaches to state-owned commuter rail service Metrorail, Business Day reports. After six years of planning, the state has given the go-ahead for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to identify a manufacturer that will produce 7224 Metrorail coaches.
"These are modern trains that will be built in South Africa with the aim of revitalising our rail engineering industry [...], promoting local manufacturing, creating an estimated 65000 jobs and developing a new generation of railway workers," Ndebele said. With a fleet with an average age of 36 years and more than 80% of the signalling system being moribund, Business Day says, Metrorail battles to provide safe and reliable train services. The commuter rail company therefore welcomes the fleet renewal programme.
Read the full article on www.businessday.co.za.
