AFCON
Free transport for AFCON fans
2013-01-15 13:20
Johannesburg - CAF and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have teamed up with
the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to provide fans with
free transport in certain cities for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.
The following information was provided on cafonline:
The transport agreement is for the provision of free train
services within metropolitan cities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal for
fans with a valid match ticket as well as journalists and other
officials carrying accreditation from the Orange AFCON 2013 LOC.
In Gauteng, PRASA will make available 20 dedicated trains
which will ferry passengers from Pretoria, Johannesburg, Soweto and
Vereeniging to Nasrec Station. This service will be for the opening and
the final match of the tournament.
For KwaZulu-Natal soccer fans will have 26 dedicated
trains transporting them from surrounding townships such as uMlazi and
KwaMashu, directly to Moses Mabhida Stadium.
Each train has the capacity to carry up to 2000 passengers
and the trains will move more than 40,000 soccer fans directly to the
stadia.
Two long distance dedicated trains will be made available
for fans travelling from Gauteng to Mbombela at a fee to be determined
by PRASA.
These shuttle services will run from 21st January to 6th February.
In the Eastern Cape, a return bus ticket can be purchased
at Computicket, at any TRANSLUX sales office throughout the country or
on the TRANSLUX website, which is www.translux.co.za .
The AFCON LOC CEO, Mvuzo Mbebe, said: "This milestone
agreement with PRASA is a significant step in ensuring that we reach our
goal of filling the stadia.
"The public transport system provided by PRASA will address the
majority of the soccer fans who otherwise would have had challenges
reaching the stadiums and getting back home:
PRASA Group CEO Lucky Montana added: "As a further incentive
to our commuters, PRASA will also give a 40 percent discount on a monthly
ticket to commuters who purchase match tickets during the tournament.
The discounted train ticket will be redeemable in February."
The Secretary General of CAF, Hicham El Amrani, commented:
"Already tickets made available for sales to the Opening Game are sold
out and CAF and the LOC will release an additional 3 000 tickets to the
public. We are looking forward to what would be an exciting tournament
starting this Saturday."