The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance
has been informed that on Wednesday the 23rd of August 2017, the
train that provides transportation to subsistence fisher folk from Durban and Chatsworth to the West has been re-opened. It was shut down since 2016 when a
sandbank collapsed onto the tracks. After more than a year of dispute with
Transnet freight rail, the train is finally operational and is currently
chartering the fisher folk. This service is vital in the lives of the fisher
folk as it provides free transportation to the West, where they disembark and
walk a short distance to the poor man’s deep sea boat, the South Pier. In the
past when it was shut down, the fisher folk had to walk the distance of 2.5 km
to get to the pier taking about 45 minutes to an hour to do so. This became
problematic as they carry heavy tackle and gear. The elderly fisher folk
suffered more so as they could not walk such distance. However since the train
is in operation, the fisher folk’s journey to the South Pier has become faster
and safer.
The train runs at these times:
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5:45 am
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13:30 pm
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6:15 am
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15:00 pm
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6:45 am
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16:00 pm
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7:15 am
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17:30 pm
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7:45 am
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17:50 pm
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