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A Metrorail train pulling out of Kalk Bay station near Cape Town. Rail transport in South Africa is an important element of the country's transport infrastructure. All major cities are connected by rail, and South Africa's railway system is the most highly developed in Africa. [1] The South African rail industry is publicly owned.
A short section (800 metres or 0.5 miles) of the electric railway that linked Rimini (Italy) and San Marino City until 1944 has been restored. 674 São Tomé and Príncipe: 678 Solomon Islands: Small railways used to transport bananas and copra, all closed by 1970. 090 Somalia: Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway existed from 1914 to 1941 706 Suriname
Rovos Rail runs its train-hotel to a regular schedule on various routes throughout Southern Africa, from South Africa to Namibia and Tanzania. The trains consist of restored Rhodesia Railways (NRZ) coaches with two lounges, two restaurant cars, and private sleeping compartments, each with private ensuite facilities.
There are also two longer-distance trains stopping at all stations en route daily. 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.
Between 2011 and 2021 PRASA experienced a significant fall in its ability to fulfill its mandate to provide rail based public transportation in South Africa's urban areas. [4] Statistics SA found that about 80% of regular PRASA commuters had stopped using the company's network of municipal railway services between 2013 and 2021. [ 4 ]
Although the national railway network in South Africa uses the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), Gautrain is built with the more expensive international standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. According to the Gautrain planning and implementation study, this is done for several reasons, including that a broader gauge is safer and ...
The Dominican Republic Government Railway (United Dominican Railways or Ferrocarriles Unidos Dominicanos) was a 139 km (86 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway. [ 2 ] There are 240 km (149 mi) operated by other sugarcane companies in various gauges: 557 mm ( 21 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ), 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in ), 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) gauges (1995).
The South African Railways and Harbours Administration (SAR&H) was established on 31 May 1910 with formation of the Union of South Africa by the amalgamation of the four colonial railways and all harbours in South Africa - about 11,000 kilometres of track. It would manage road transport and pipelines in South Africa.