Cabinet welcomes Prasa train project

Briefing the media in Pretoria following Cabinet's fortnightly meeting the day before, she said the executive welcomed the Passenger Rail Agency of SA's massive rail revitalisation programme.

 

"Prasa will spend R51 billion over the next 10 years to procure 600 top-class trains for... South Africa."

 

A total of 580 of these would be manufactured locally, at a new R1bn factory to be established in Dunnotar, outside Nigel, in Ekurhuleni.

 

"The 600,000 square metre manufacturing facility is designed to house the manufacturing plant, a training facility and a fully fledged industrial park."

 

The project would create 8088 direct jobs, plus many more indirect work opportunities.

 

"The first [new] Prasa train is expected to hit the track in 2015," Muthambi said.