UPDATE | Train pain for Metrorail commuters as Eskom power cut cripples services
Hundreds of thousands of commuters in the Western Cape will be without rail transport on Thursday afternoon following a surprise temporary suspension of the rail service.
Shortly before the afternoon commute, Metrorail announced its trains across the Western Cape were temporarily suspended with immediate effect due to "Eskom disconnecting traction supply".
"Eskom declared Metrorail a priority user at the start of load shedding and a cut of traction power is unprecedented," it said in a statement...
