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We tried to take the train with a wheelchair user. Here’s what happened

PRASA has promised to make trains accessible but it is taking a long time

Khanyo Mantshi would not be able to board a train with his wheelchair because of the gap and height difference between the platform and the carriage. Photos: Dave Fisher

PRASA has been promising for ten years to make all its stations and its trains accessible to wheelchair users.
But when GroundUp tried to take the train last week with Khayelitsha activist Khanyo Mantshi, who uses a wheelchair, we found several stations were not accessible.
And even when Mantshi could access the platform, he couldn’t get onto the train because of the gap between the platform and the carriage.
PRASA says it is working to fix this and other problems to make its services universally accessible.

In 2016, the Passenger Rail…

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