Deserted Cape Town Station

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Stefan Andrzejewski
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Deserted Cape Town Station

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The front page of the Cape Times this morning shows an empty Cape Town Station. The left starts with platform one. Those lines look a bit rusty. These two tracks in the middle usually are stacked with Metro's waiting to go into the platforms.
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Dylan Knott
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Nothing this side either as all stations are switched out!
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There is a train parked at Glencairn station but it keeps going some where. Not there in the morning then back in the afternoon. and in Muizenberg I heard train hooters 3 times this afternoon, even though the service is not running.
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Maybe they running a mini service down between Glencairn and Muizenberg
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According to a friend set X was also doing the rounds today at Cape Town station, perhaps via Parow/MV to Bellville?
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I thought there was a complete lock down. I have seen the Diesels running to Montegue Gardens. I was coming home on Wednesday and one went over the bridge about 7pm. If you look at the rails on the right of the photo, they look used.
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