City deploys additional MyCiTi buses to Cape Flats
The City of Cape Town is still deploying additional buses on the N2 Express route, despite the resumption of Metrorail's central line train service from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha. Read more below:
First and foremost, the City condemns the criminal acts of sabotage that left thousands of commuters without public transport for a number of days last week, crippling our residents' efforts to earn an income and our local economy in general. It has become quite clear to us that this well planned sabotage poses a serious threat to the City, our residents, our infrastructure and our service delivery efforts. Acts like these cannot be tolerated and we urge those who have information about perpetrators to come forward and assist us in protecting infrastructure that is paid for and maintained with public funds.
Since last week's incident, Transport for Cape Town (TCT) has been deploying between six and eight additional MyCiTi buses on the N2 Express route on week days, providing alternative public transport to affected commuters who have to travel between the Cape Flats and the Cape Town central business district.
This equates to an additional capacity of at least 400 passengers during the morning and afternoon peak hours, over and above the service's current capacity of approximately 1 800 passengers.
The additional capacity was intended to assist commuters who were stranded or experienced significant delays due to the sabotage of Metrorail's infrastructure. Despite the fact that the trains are now running normally, TCT will continue deploying additional buses on the N2 Express route as we are now experiencing a significant increase in the demand for this service.