Awaiting the train to Naledi, Soweto.
About 50 passengers wait patiently at Platform 6 for a mid-morning train that will eventually take them through to Naledi station on the outer edges of Soweto, an hour-long journey that costs R22 by taxi. The approximately 40km journey only costs the train passengers R8.50 one way.
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