The Benoni train station, once a thriving transport hub in Ekurhuleni, has been abandoned for the past six years.
The hopes of getting it back on track have often ended with disappointment as the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Prasa continues to hit financial snags which have derailed the resumption of the once-popular Joburg-Daveyton corridor.
The stations operations were paused with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, which curtailed peoples movements, and resulted in a spike in vandalism as train stations in Gauteng fell victim to cable thieves.
