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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has set aside R600 million to accelerate the recovery plan for the central line and to repair the damage caused to it by the illegal erection of shacks.
The central line, a crucial rail network in Cape Town, is running at a reduced capacity as a result of informal settlements blocking the railway around Langa and Philippi.
About 1254 people are now living in illegally built shacks over railway lines just meters away from Langa station on the railway line which carry trains to Khayelitsha and Kapteinsklip stations.