The Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) says the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) cannot demonstrate that it has the ability, commitment and resources to assess properly and control effectively the safety risks arising from its railway operations. The regulator suspended the state-owned Prasa’s safety permit on October 4 following the previous day’s collision in which 320 people were injured. It gave Prasa 48 hours to wrap up its operations and to inform its passengers, staff and contractors of the decision. If Prasa’s safety permit is suspended all commuter and long-distance passenger services will come to a halt, leaving millions of people stranded. Prasa’s commuter unit Metrorail transports about 1.7-million people per weekday. But Prasa challenged the suspension in the High Court in Pretoria.
The agency said it and the regulator could not reach a solution about the suspension of its safety permit, which left Prasa "with no option but to proceed with the court application". Pras...
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