A row of custodians clean up the Addis Abeba Light Railway System fences around the Megenagna area. While hailed during its inauguration around a decade back as transformative to the capital's transport landscape, the 34Km of iron and pavement has not lived up to the hype. Mayor Adanech Abiebe recently indicated a pending revamp of the railway system where more than half of the 41 trains have been out of service due to spare part problems. Meanwhile, the unprecedented crowd of passengers moving in the working ones have left many to look for other options.