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Cable theft on Metrorail lines in Gauteng is increasing and this has led to multiple power outages affecting its fleet causing delays of up to 3 hours.
There has been an attempted arson attack on one of the trains at the Pretoria station on 16 February 2016. Commuters have been stranded at stations in Germiston, Johannesburg, Soweto and Pretoria. The longest delays have been experienced in Springs at the Nigel Station.
Train delays have a negative impact on both passengers and Metrorail itself. There is often overcrowding and commuter backlash, where passengers burn down trains.
Most people in Gauteng used trains as their main mode of transport, he pointed out, saying that Metrorail trains carried about 30 000 people a day and about 256 million passengers a year.
Article source:
http://ewn.co.za/2016/02/17/Metrorail-Cable-theft-on-rail-lines-getting-worse
