Private sector wants stab at running Western Cape’s shambolic rail service
An HCI-linked transport company has suggested it be allowed to run parts of the shambolic Western Cape rail service
19 September 2019 - 05:00
A subsidiary of Johnny Copelyn’s Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) has proposed to the government that it take over some of the Western Cape’s embattled passenger rail services.
Passenger rail, which is subsidised by the state, is in desperate need of an overhaul. Rail commuters have to contend with trains that are late, infrastructure that is failing and an environment in which vandalism, arson and theft are everyday realities...
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