Question NW549 to the Minister of Transport
12 September 2019 - NW549
Chetty, Mr M to ask the Minister of Transport
What total number of Manual Train Authorisations have been issued by the Railway Safety Regulator to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa in each month since August 2018?
Reply:
The total number of Manual Train Authorisations (MTA’s) issued by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) since August 2018 are as follow:
MTA’s per province:
PROVINCE |
NUMBER OF MTA’s |
Eastern Cape |
0 |
Gauteng |
917 666 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
322 885 |
Western Cape |
248 783 |
Grand Total |
1 489 334 |
MTA’s per province per month:
MONTH/ YEAR |
GAUTENG |
KZN |
WC |
TOTAL |
August 2018 |
63,600 |
16,754 |
19,134 |
99,488 |
September 2018 |
67,063 |
22,111 |
19,715 |
108,889 |
October 2018 |
66,772 |
23,742 |
20,429 |
110,943 |
November 2018 |
84,358 |
26,589 |
17,873 |
128,820 |
December 2018 |
60,816 |
29,984 |
19,623 |
110,423 |
January 2019 |
92,046 |
32,424 |
27,574 |
152,044 |
February 2019 |
80,687 |
25,742 |
17,856 |
124,285 |
March 2019 |
87,279 |
28,297 |
32,929 |
148,505 |
April 2019 |
50,974 |
21,626 |
25,216 |
97,816 |
May 2019 |
90,215 |
24,621 |
16,184 |
131,020 |
June 2019 |
88,934 |
37,128 |
14,569 |
140,631 |
July 2019 |
84,922 |
33,867 |
17,681 |
136,470 |
TOTAL |
917,666 |
322,885 |
248,783 |
1,489,334 |