Monte Vista (B 15)

Name: Monte Vista

Monte Vista is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, whose name meaning 'Mountain View' is derived from the fact that Table Mountain is clearly visible from it. Bordered by Edgemead, Welgelegen, Plattekloof Glen, and Goodwood. Monte Vista Primary School was built in the 1960s.

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Cape Town has a well developed and structured rail network also developed to fan out radially from the CBD in an extensive system that provides
good penetration of the entire Metropolitan area except the Milnerton area to the north of the CBD and the Durbanville corridor north of Bellville. The rail network covers approximately 290 kilometres with 118 stations of which 33 are owned by Spoornet and 97 stations are within the City of Cape municipal area (CPTR, 2005).

The lines radiate from Cape Town station to the South (Simon’s Town and Cape Flats lines), Southeast (Kapteinsklip and Khayelitsha lines) and East (Bellville, Monte Vista, Wellington, Strand and Stellenbosch lines). Cape Town station is the largest station and also serves the most passengers with 621 trains entering and leaving the station on a typical weekday. Trains on the mainline routes do not operate any later than 20h00 or earlier than 05h00.

Unfortunately, the rolling stock is in a poor and deteriorating condition and according to the Rail Framework Plan (City of Cape Town, 2005) it would appear as if this is the single biggest problem facing the operation of the rail system. The other major problems facing the rail operation is security and safety, reliability (88% of trains on time), service levels and overcrowding. These issues have resulted in a general shift away from rail transport to mainly minibus taxi transport for commuting.

The rail system links Cape Town with the surrounding region, with lines going to Boland Winelands, Wellington, and into the Overberg area.

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