railways

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Gautrain planning more affordable tickets for certain groups

    Gautrain planning more affordable tickets for certain groups Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) chief operating officer Victor Shange said that the Gautrain could soon be offering more affordable tickets for specific users. MyBroadband recently spoke to Shange for more details about the Phase 2...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Police arrest three suspected railway thieves

    Police arrest three suspected railway thieves Three suspects were arrested on Tuesday on the N4 freeway in Middelburg after being found in possession of a truck transporting allegedly stolen railway track valued at about R3 million. The suspects, aged between 41 and 51, are expected to appear...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Construction of key World Bank-funded coal rail line to Majuba disrupted by severe theft

    Construction of key World Bank-funded coal rail line to Majuba disrupted by severe theft A World Bank Group-funded effort to increase train access to a power plant in South Africa’s coal-rich region has started to significantly backslide as criminals target the country’s rail system...
  5. Agent69

    Illegal immigrant who ripped up working railway line gets six years' jail

    https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-05-25-illegal-immigrant-who-ripped-up-working-railway-line-gets-six-years-jail/#Echobox=1653509742
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA missing out on commodity price boom thanks to damaged Transnet railways

    SA missing out on commodity price boom thanks to damaged Transnet railways South Africa is missing out on some of the riches on offer from the commodities boom as a rail network beset by problems hobbles its exports. While coal prices recently soared to a record and iron ore is historically...
  7. Jan

    South Africa's railway system on the brink of collapse

    Total destruction — Photos of the horrific state of South Africa's train system South Africa's passenger railway system is on the brink of total collapse, brought to its knees by thieves and vandals who have gutted many of its stations and railway tracks into a post-apocalyptic-like state...
    • Jan
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    • david edwards david williams passenger rail agency of south africa (prasa) railways transnet freight rail (tfr)
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA rail on the brink of complete collapse

    SA rail on the brink of complete collapse South Africa's railway system is approaching total collapse due to the theft of electrical cables, vandalising of tracks and signalling equipment, and the complete stripping down of station buildings. That is according to a new report titled "Why there...
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