'Very reliable and not so costly' - Commuter on the new PRASA trains

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  • Опубліковано 1 гру 2024

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  • @kgothatsongobeni2991
    @kgothatsongobeni2991 Місяць тому +39

    I use it to go to work everyday. Very reliable and always on time. Thank you Prasa!

    • @Motivation247-e2c
      @Motivation247-e2c Місяць тому

      Does it stop due to loadshedding?

    • @kgothatsongobeni2991
      @kgothatsongobeni2991 Місяць тому +1

      No, it only faces problems with heavy rains, so when it's raining make sure you have money for alternative transport

  • @mechailreydon3784
    @mechailreydon3784 Місяць тому +23

    Really hope we can keep these clean and safe. Thank you to all the men and women making this possible! You’re helping us a lot

  • @petracollins8623
    @petracollins8623 Місяць тому +20

    Trains on southern suburbs line on time , safe , lots of security and well used. Very good to have them back.

  • @InnocentMyeza
    @InnocentMyeza Місяць тому +16

    Please please commuters protect appreciate and value these assets

  • @IsaacKhumaloMohlophehi
    @IsaacKhumaloMohlophehi Місяць тому +27

    I cannot wait to see our Vereeniging line back on track...

    • @mpeshyonkinto
      @mpeshyonkinto Місяць тому +2

      I'm sure it will be the last 😅

    • @thato596
      @thato596 Місяць тому

      Ba dula ba lebala sedibeng

    • @sibusisomichaels
      @sibusisomichaels Місяць тому

      They've started with the line, goes up until lens I believe

  • @ronm4385
    @ronm4385 Місяць тому +31

    We are on the right track.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +4

      very soon the criminals will start targeting these trains,

    • @ronm4385
      @ronm4385 Місяць тому +5

      @@Palmstreet-u7x There is security in each coach but yes, security can only do so much. There's been crime on trains in South Africa ever since I can remember. Let's hope for the best, this is the most affordable mode of transport and I really hope our people can benefit from this.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +2

      @@ronm4385 I understand everything and yes always was crime on trains 🚂🚂🚂🚂
      I just hope it will not be captured by Taxi services and Unions and causing it to close down
      It's like when I come to visit South Africa I rode the Gautrain from Jan Smuts airport to Centurion station 🚉🚉 and find it safer and easier to use than being picked up at airport,
      Believe me Gautrain is on pare to Germany train's
      Only the quality of the train lines are bad😂😂🤣 St some places between Marlboro station and Centurion station it feels as if the coach is going to derail 😂😂😂
      Die to rails being not straight

    • @ronm4385
      @ronm4385 Місяць тому

      @@Palmstreet-u7x We don't have Jan Smuts Airport anymore. It's OR Tambo Airport now, please get it right.
      As far as the comparison with Germany goes, I really hate it when expats do that. I hate it when you guys find every little reason to bash South Africa. Park Station in Johannesburg is much better than Munich Station and yet you would never make mention of that.
      South Africa is a developing country. We will get there.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому

      @@ronm4385so what . it's
      Your opinion and my opinion,if park station is better than Munich station then so be it,I have only been at Munich airport.
      It will always be Jan Smuts airport for me
      Just because they thought decide to change the name to some or other ANC cadres name is nothing for me .
      I remember the old South Africa in comparison to since 1994 when evil Mandela took over the country
      This is what is good of UA-cam
      You allowed to give your opinion and I am allowed to give mine
      I know it has no relevance to this topic,but I am family of Steve Hofmeyr the Afrikaans singer
      Just something further,I'm no racist, I was and will ever be against apartheid regime year's,I didn't want to go to the army,I was forced to go, that is how much I am against any form of racism,
      Enjoy your day further
      Just remember God Almighty loves you and sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ to die on the cross ❌ for the forgiveness of our sins

  • @Alex-K-6
    @Alex-K-6 Місяць тому +14

    They need to station police on these trains, because people are wild

  • @JosiahManganyi-xs8bi
    @JosiahManganyi-xs8bi Місяць тому +8

    Keep on the good work PRASA!Commuters safety;No selling or eating inside!Its good for poor communities!

  • @terinunes604
    @terinunes604 Місяць тому +7

    Be proud keep them clean

  • @tasam1
    @tasam1 Місяць тому +7

    My train is from Nyanga to Cape Town 12:50 everyday. I have to carry taxi fare because it's canceled at least twice a week

  • @Philangaye
    @Philangaye Місяць тому +8

    I'm also happy with them, but they should please fix the Springs Route

    • @theromalepe8600
      @theromalepe8600 Місяць тому +2

      Eish kanti why are we left behind?

    • @UniverseBeauty-ff4eo
      @UniverseBeauty-ff4eo Місяць тому

      ​@@theromalepe8600 You're not alone😅Katlehong is also waiting😊

  • @Unknown124k
    @Unknown124k Місяць тому +2

    I'm sure the taxi owners are planning how they can cause permanent damage once again because the only ones who benefitted from the trains not working was those horrible road users

  • @molebogengm7456
    @molebogengm7456 Місяць тому

    I occasionally use it in Cape Town. It is cheap, affordable, safe and reliable. It’s quite an improvement from the old yellow trains. Security is on board and patrols in the trains, making it feel safe.

  • @leviconspiracies
    @leviconspiracies Місяць тому

    Just put some serious security please, our people need this

  • @kzn1157
    @kzn1157 Місяць тому +29

    Hopefully taxi ppl wont harm this train

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +2

      very soon, as soon as they pick up , they will

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому +6

      Yep once the trains start to become a real threat to the taxi industry, they’ll retaliate

    • @thato596
      @thato596 Місяць тому +1

      If the government is in control and can not be bribed then there is nothing that will happen to these trains

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому

      @@thato596too bad we don’t have a government like that. They’ve completely lost control of the crime in this country as well as actively contribute to it.

  • @DigsWigs2022
    @DigsWigs2022 Місяць тому

    Well done.

  • @solani5621
    @solani5621 Місяць тому

    Security is what I'm concerned about

  • @Chad_Phillip_Senwana
    @Chad_Phillip_Senwana Місяць тому +2

    How long from Tembisa to Joburg?

  • @odwaboqwana7401
    @odwaboqwana7401 Місяць тому +3

    Does anyone know how much is the fare for a train from Cape Town to JHB ?

  • @njabulombuyazi5132
    @njabulombuyazi5132 Місяць тому

    Hopefully they dont vandalise them

  • @sandysandy9275
    @sandysandy9275 Місяць тому

    Which place in Durban and how do you get tickets,were do you board the train.Someone tell

  • @NgolaNalane
    @NgolaNalane Місяць тому +1

    The taxi mafia will fund people to destroy these trains

  • @NgolaNalane
    @NgolaNalane Місяць тому

    Not allowing people to buy train tickets online is absolutely wild. It's literally 2024

  • @vusibiyela6032
    @vusibiyela6032 Місяць тому +10

    The trains of President Zuma and Lucky Montana.

    • @vs62ct
      @vs62ct Місяць тому +3

      Before crowning Zuma and Lucky Montana perhaps also mention how the was delayed for years and only rolled out effective post Covid and initially were tendered for heights which wouldn't fit our own bridges...

    • @MKL_D
      @MKL_D Місяць тому +1

      No, they bought the wrong ones.theirs is corruption and looting of Prasa and transnet.

    • @thato596
      @thato596 Місяць тому

      ​@@vs62ct well it still thanks to them we have these trains

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому +1

      @@thato596but they were rolled out under ramaphosa. They were constantly delayed under Zuma.

    • @vs62ct
      @vs62ct Місяць тому

      @@thato596 rather in spite of them...

  • @Dalf80s
    @Dalf80s Місяць тому

    Taxi mafia not going to like this

  • @lindelanibramley3446
    @lindelanibramley3446 Місяць тому

    Signalling is still manual. I thought Siemens was hired to resolve that

  • @barryroman5173
    @barryroman5173 Місяць тому +2

    Trains nowadays still as unreliable as they infamous for... They expect us to buy tickets for that shifty service?

    • @sthembisomthembu395
      @sthembisomthembu395 Місяць тому +2

      Don't buy it.

    • @thato596
      @thato596 Місяць тому +1

      These trains are good. You are just a negative dude. If you do not like it then do not go on the trains

    • @issachaarwazulu1726
      @issachaarwazulu1726 Місяць тому +1

      Your just a hater.... I've used to go to work on this trains and most of the time all thing's were excellent and the are guard's on board all the time

  • @MultiKeyo
    @MultiKeyo Місяць тому

    genuinely pray those thugs dont worm their way into this

  • @trumpet835
    @trumpet835 Місяць тому

    I hope it has a card payment system.otherwise they pocket all the fees.

  • @lungamasuku6872
    @lungamasuku6872 Місяць тому +2

    As long as PRASA remains an SOE,iam happy with the progress 😊

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +1

      buts its all the SOE that are bankrupt,

    • @lungamasuku6872
      @lungamasuku6872 Місяць тому

      @@Palmstreet-u7x you mean SOE‘s are being systematically bankrupted so they can be sold to some corrupt government officials friends and connections in private sector!?

    • @VJ592
      @VJ592 Місяць тому

      SOE are reminders of Apartheid government they built them. So if government gets rid of them it will part of transformation and decolonization

  • @godfreyberry1599
    @godfreyberry1599 Місяць тому +5

    Let's see how long these new shiny things last?.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +1

      not very long, we know to much

    • @thato596
      @thato596 Місяць тому +7

      Seens you guys are negative with everything being done that means you do not want anything to be done. You can go to italy spain france or where ever over seas and use the trains from there

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому

      @@thato596In my case I don’t think the government will screw it up but it’ll be the taxi mafias once they see the threat trains have to their business

  • @mthokozisindlovu402
    @mthokozisindlovu402 Місяць тому

    The so called "Big trains that can't fit our railway infrastructure" lol yey kwake kwadlalwa ngengane ka Mamzobe kodwa 😭😭

  • @kram9076
    @kram9076 Місяць тому

    Sad to say thanks to Covid or else nothing was gonna change. 😢

  • @chadleighdebruyn7673
    @chadleighdebruyn7673 Місяць тому

    Running new trains on outdated and destroyed infrastructure and parking them and maintaining them in under equipped and small depots not designed for these new trains

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому +1

      I don’t like the ANC but I’ll give them credit where it’s due. They have been upgrading the tracks and signals, they just need to upgrade the signaling further so the trains can be faster.

  • @Tumelo_Maribeng
    @Tumelo_Maribeng Місяць тому +4

    It is very slow

    • @BongnkosiNgcobo
      @BongnkosiNgcobo Місяць тому +6

      Not really during pick hours here where I live they travel at 160km per hour and their top speed is 180km/h

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому

      @@BongnkosiNgcobo on narrow gauge lines ??????

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 Місяць тому

      @@BongnkosiNgcoboyou must be confusing it with the gautrain? No ways the blue ones go that fast. Due to the current signaling they can only go 30km/h, won’t be faster until the signaling is upgraded

  • @user-dl9hh1lh4f
    @user-dl9hh1lh4f Місяць тому +1

    We must thank Zuma otherwise we would still have the old ones

  • @mbusosiera1648
    @mbusosiera1648 Місяць тому

    The Zuma legacy continues!
    The man had a vision for South Africa, look at his trains , much better than the Apartheid yellow trains

  • @youme1414
    @youme1414 Місяць тому

    How many people have been robbed inside these trains? It is just a question and there is nothing wrong with that. Thank you.

    • @keletsoleshika
      @keletsoleshika Місяць тому +3

      There are security patrols inside, crime has been old news since introduction of these trains.

    • @Naamy19X9
      @Naamy19X9 Місяць тому

      I don't have any stats, however, took the Southern line (Cape Town) twice and felt quite safe. I even had my phone out, something that was impossible in the old trains; security officers were visible and actively patrolling.

    • @issachaarwazulu1726
      @issachaarwazulu1726 Місяць тому

      Here in Pretoria not once have I encountered anything bad I can listen or what a movie on my phone without worries and on top of that security guard's are always on board

  • @farouksheikmadar9027
    @farouksheikmadar9027 Місяць тому

    About time.