New high-capacity railroad planned for South Africa

[Gaz{M}]

ANC:

1) Discovers Apartheid Railway to PE.
2) Renames it.
3) Profit.

 

[xtm]

Meanwhile our current infrastructure ..

Hope one day etoll gantries will get this treat

 

[Lupus]

Hmmm I mean it's not like we didn't have something like this already. I drove to Kempton Park today and the trucks man the trucks. The rail just had nothing on it, now in the 90s you barely saw trucks

 

[quovadis]

Urgh. A high speed rail link joining Joburg and Cape Town would be something I'd support. Would be nice if you could go from one to the other in under 2 hrs.

 

[Lupus]

Urgh. A high speed rail link joining Joburg and Cape Town would be something I'd support. Would be nice if you could go from one to the other in under 2 hrs.

Probably cost as much as a plane ticket knowing the government

 

[Mekon]

cANCer tenders......the gift that keeps giving.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Urgh. A high speed rail link joining Joburg and Cape Town would be something I'd support. Would be nice if you could go from one to the other in under 2 hrs.

The ticket for that sort of train would be 20 times the cost of a plane ticket at least... Would be the fastest train in the world by a comfortable margin.

 

[ShaunSA]

Urgh. A high speed rail link joining Joburg and Cape Town would be something I'd support. Would be nice if you could go from one to the other in under 2 hrs.

What's wrong with wormholes?

 

[deesef]

Will the coach fit onto the rail this time?

 

[Lupus]

The ticket for that sort of train would be 20 times the cost of a plane ticket at least... Would be the fastest train in the world by a comfortable margin.

Hey 875km/h is possible... In Star Trek

 

["D"]

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) plans to build a new rail corridor between Gauteng and the Eastern Cape to help reduce congestion at Durban's port.

Perhaps someone in those meetings can help them with a PowerPoint to see that Durban is not in either of those provinces - or even inbetween ...

 

[Supervan II]

Perhaps someone in those meetings can help them with a PowerPoint to see that Durban is not in either of those provinces - or even inbetween ...

LOL. Imports via PE instead of Durban being shipped to Gauteng.

Perhaps they did learn something from the KZN EWC recently. Just maybe.

 

["D"]

LOL. Imports via PE instead of Durban being shipped to Gauteng.

So it's going to be Gqeberhatrain to Gautrain ...

Perhaps they did learn something from the KZN EWC recently. Just maybe.

KZN is indeed East of Western Cape - glad they concurred.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

So are these spanish speaking trains, italian speaking trains, or french speaking trains, and is the train height going to matter again.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Is it going to be coal powered? Because we don't have enough electricty lol

 

[Kodi]

Picture says a 1000 words...Let's not forget what capability we dealing with....and, added several LOL, for fun.

 

[Polymathic]

"Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has previously said that the government is conducting a feasibility study to introduce a high-speed rail development between Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban."

It would work out way cheaper to build a highspeed rail from Richards Bay to Alexander Bay along the coast. Such is the geography of the country.

 

[wingnut771]

Decolonisation. The new dawn.

 

[BeerIsNotGood...]

"Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has previously said that the government is conducting a feasibility study to introduce a high-speed rail development between Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban."

It would work out way cheaper to build a highspeed rail from Richards Bay to Alexander Bay along the coast. Such is the geography of the country.

Zimbabwe?

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Well, one should listen to the tracks to be on the safe side, however this time the track record, and thats not good.