Train Networks Upgraded - But It's Not Enough
It’s about time that the Dept of Transport has finally decided to allocate some funds towards upgrading the trains that hundreds of thousands of commuters use everyday.
Except that the R40 million to be spent nationwide on new coaches over the next 3 years is miniscule when compared to the R20 billion(!) budget of the Gautrain, which will carry (an estimated) 20 000 people a day. Now it might be just me but things would make a whole lot more sense if those numbers were swopped.
R40 million is 0.2% of the entire Gautrain budget, and yet it is to be spent on a national level as opposed to the regional focus of the Gautrain. Now granted this R40 million is just for new coaches but it’s indicative of where the effort is being made and it’s just not making much sense to me.