Activists from the #UNITEBEHIND movement staged a protest at the Cape Town train station on October 4 to demand that commuters be allowed to use their expired train tickets to travel.<br /><br />The requests come on the basis of large amount of delays and cancelations by Metrorail occurring daily, causing inconvenience and high transport costs.<br /><br />They are also calling on the Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande to declare a state of emergency on trains to allow more resources and funding to be made available.<br /><br />The railway system is currently only operating at 30% of capacity, with just 40 usable train sets available. The system requires at least 88 sets to function effectively.<br /><br />Commuters in the Western Cape suffer on a daily basis when trains are delayed due to infrastructure failure, copper theft, train fires and the unavailability of train carriages for the peak times.<br /><br />The railway company responded saying they will commit to engage with activists and commuters on around their concerns.
