There are 671 scheduled trains per weekday, operating over 460 kilometres (290 mi) of the track to 122 stations and 4 halts.

All services either commence or terminate at the main Cape Town station in the centre of the city, which has 24 platforms.

All services are by electric multiple units, aside from the daily train to Malmesbury which is on a non-electrified line.

Two "Business Express" trains provide a luxury commuter service, travelling from the suburbs to Cape Town in the morning and the reverse in the afternoon.

One along the main line to Worcester and at 174 km (108 mi) the longest possible route on a commuter train in South Africa.

The other is the only diesel-hauled commuter train in the Western Cape to Malmesbury which travels 78 km (48 mi) on the route to Bitterfontein.