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Johannesburg - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) would not allow any of Prasa's locomotives that has not been declared "roadworthy" to be placed back in service, it said on Wednesday.
This response from the regulator came after the dispute between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Transnet, after which Prasa temporarily suspended its long distance passenger trains across the country.
"In the interest of passenger and operational safety and as part of its normal oversight responsibilities, the RSR has carried out inspections on the affected locomotives and has issued a directive that no locomotive which has not been declared roadworthy may be placed into service until such time as the locomotive has been properly serviced and certified roadworthy," said the regulator.
IT said Transnet Rail Engineering was responsible for the maintenance, repair and trip inspections of Prasa's Main Line passenger train locomotives.
"The RSR is in discussions with Prasa in terms of the short and medium term plans to ensure that no unroadworthy locomotives are returned to or remain in service," said the regulator.
"The two entities are at this stage engaged in discussions to resolve the dispute."