Cowdray Park Residents Laud NRZ Commuter Train

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says that has been a boon to the resident of Cowdray Park settlement in Bulawayo.

The commuter train costs only 50 cents compared to commuter omnibuses which cost $2.00 a single trip.  Nyasha Maravanyika, the NRZ’s press relations chief said:

The president and the new government are very supportive of the railways.  We had to re-furbish old carriages to get this service going, and it has been a huge success.

The old commuter trains were suspended as the coaches and the signalling became more and more run-down.

People know that when they are on the train, they are on their way to work.

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It is an answer to their transport blues. We are here to attract commuters as kombi fares rise — that’s our job.

A commuter who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com over the new train developments said:

The train is 50 cents. My children have to get the kombi to go to school, but this saves me a lot of money to buy vegetables and bread. Zimbabweans are hurting badly, some of us are really starving now.

More: NewZimbabwe.com