{"id":85795,"date":"2015-04-14T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/85795\/new-developments-on-the-cards-for-rail-services\/"},"modified":"2015-04-14T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T10:21:30","slug":"new-developments-on-the-cards-for-rail-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/04\/14\/new-developments-on-the-cards-for-rail-services\/","title":{"rendered":"New developments on the cards for rail services"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, made a stop at the Germiston Railway Station, last Tuesday (April 7).<\/p>\n

Among other things, Peters visited a number of projects undertaken by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).<\/p>

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The Minister’s visit was part of the government’s National Imbizo Focus Week, with the intention of assessing progress on key projects and to facilitate direct, unmediated and interactive communication between the government and the public.<\/p>\n

“The African National Congress (ANC) headquarters has a system whereby, once in three months, they invite all the key service delivery departments to come and participate in a live chat,” said Peters.<\/p>

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“We did a live chat at Luthuli House, with regard to transport-related matters, and many of the issues raised were related to public transport delivery.<\/p>\n

“So, this visit is a response to a call from the members of the community, and we are here to look at some of the issues that were raised.<\/p>\n

“We are also here with the regulator, because one of the key things that were raised in the live chat was matters of safety.”<\/p>\n

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