Media are cordially invited to join Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele and senior transport officials at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Centre of Excellence Graduation, which will see 300 station and corridor managers graduate after months of intense training in order to provide better services to train commuters.
This will enable train customer management and station management competencies to be strengthened, and enable managers to better manage systems, processes, resources, self, teams and individuals across the country.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, Viewpoint Street, Bartlett, Boksburg, Gauteng
Time: 09h30 for 10h00
RSVP: Journalists attending must please confirm their attendance by no later than 15h00 today (Monday, 29 August 2011) with:
Sello Tshipi
Cell: 073 498 6722
E-mail: TshipiA@dot.gov.za.
Government is making steady progress towards ensuring that rail is the backbone of South Africa's public transport system. Key elements of its rail investment strategy are already being implemented. As of 1 April 2011, government is spending R30,2 billion over the next three years for rail upgrades across the country, with R19,5 billion earmarked for capital spending to upgrade existing infrastructure, signaling systems and rolling stock.
Passenger Rail Agency of South African (PRASA) is embarking on a bold programme to invest in new rail rolling stock, worth R97 billion over a period of 18 years, for Metrorail and long-distance rail services. This will significantly improve the country's passenger rail transport network, offering new routes and destinations throughout South Africa.
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