Commuters have deserted Metrorail

[TooFastTim]

have drinks at The Coachman (or Stagecoach, I can't remember the pub at the Protea Hotel in Rondebosch),

Coach house later the Sportsman at Newlands Sun?

 

[Supervan II]

Coach house later the Sportsman at Newlands Sun?

Aah, that's it! And if the palm tree at the back could talk (great for propping up drunken sailors whilst their buddies carry on drinking, only for said drunks to be collected at the last minute). And then the rush to the station just before the last train arrives!

Fun times!

 

[Cosmik Debris]

In the late 70's it wasn't even necessary to have a car on the Peninsula, so regular, smart and convenient the train service - especially so for National Servicemen who had no transport of their own.

There were plenty of shopping centres, pubs, hotels, restaurants and other activities almost on top of the stations, and all within easy walking distance (yes, even when pissed!).

We used to attend movies/shows/concerts at the 3-Arts Theatre (we got discounted tickets), party all night at Pig 'n Whistle/Forester's Arms/et al, have drinks at The Coachman (or Stagecoach, I can't remember the pub at the Protea Hotel in Rondebosch), grab lunch at the Wimpy before going to the movies (Claremont) and my then girlfriend and I even regularly visited her folks in Plumstead - all by train!

The Pig & Whistle was a great place to watch fit and tanned SADF national servicemen on leave from the border war moering commie students from Moscow on the Hill (UCT). Great entertainment and it got rid of their frustrations.

 

[Bonywasawarrioraway]

In the late 70's it wasn't even necessary to have a car on the Peninsula, so regular, smart and convenient the train service - especially so for National Servicemen who had no transport of their own.

There were plenty of shopping centres, pubs, hotels, restaurants and other activities almost on top of the stations, and all within easy walking distance (yes, even when pissed!).

We used to attend movies/shows/concerts at the 3-Arts Theatre (we got discounted tickets), party all night at Pig 'n Whistle/Forester's Arms/et al, have drinks at The Coachman (or Stagecoach, I can't remember the pub at the Protea Hotel in Rondebosch), grab lunch at the Wimpy before going to the movies (Claremont) and my then girlfriend and I even regularly visited her folks in Plumstead - all by train!

And if you needed to get a little off the beaten track (scuse the pun) the bus service was excellent also.

 

[The Free Radical]

When the government had a winning offer by Raymond Ackerman to buy the the rail network and to turn it into one of SA's most successful logistics and passenger transport businesses in the late 90's, they rejected the offer outright.

When the government had a winning offer by the City of Cape Town to take over the ailing Metro Rail services in the Metro in the early 2000's and revive it and link it into the City's rapid public transport system, they rejected the offer outright.

Revolutionaries, like bully kids, won't give up their pillaged goods at any cost, even if at the cost of those they allegedly 'liberated'.

It's the same with SAA. They crashed it into the ground and refused to sell it to save it. Instead they created a scheme to have a front company (supported by PIC [read Public Servant Pension Funds] money and connected crony caders) buy majority shares to appear semi-privatized.

Same with Eskom, etc.

The Revolutionary mindset has not and will never change in this regard. Giving up these 'spoils of war' would be conceding failure of their mission in their simpleton minds.