NEW: FIRST LOOK: Prasa tests newly acquired trains

The first of 600 trains bought by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in a R51bn deal with Gibela Rail Transport Consortium entered a second phase of testing on Monday.

The train ran along tracks between Wolmerton and De Wildt stations in Gauteng to see if it could reach a speed of 132km/h.

Last month Transport Minister Dipuo Peters committed to funding a complete overhaul of the current commuter system after an accident in in Denver, in April last year.



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