By Natalie Pertsovsky
13 June 2017 Burnt out carriages at a platform at Cape Town train station. Photo: Natalie Pertsovsky
Cape Town central train station was still in disarray on
Tuesday morning. Cleaners were busy clearing up the debris from Monday
night’s protests. Firefighters were spraying water around burnt out
train carriages. Station employees tried to clean up broken glass and
garbage. Officials had roped off rubble-strewn areas, including looted
shops. Crowds of commuters and onlookers watched.
Protests erupted on Monday
after widespread train delays that started in the mid-afternoon left
hundreds of commuters stranded in the city into Monday evening. A lotted shop in Cape Town train station. Photo: Natalie Pertsovsky
There were again widespread train delays on Tuesday. At 8:45am,
GroundUp found commuters who had been waiting since 7am for their
trains.
In a statement, Metrorail confirmed that eight train cars had been
destroyed and platforms 15 and 16 at Cape Town station will be closed
until further notice. Trains were again delayed on Tuesday morning at Cape Town train station. Photo: Natalie Pertsovsky
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