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In 2012, Vossloh España and front-company Swifambo signed a R3.5 billion (2012) (equivalent to R4.81 billion or US$363.15 million in 2018) [19] contract with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
A Metrorail X'Trapolis Mega train running forward to Kalk Bay station south of Cape Town. Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa. It is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), a state-owned enterprise which is responsible for most passenger rail services in South ...
Autopax is a holding company of two South African intercity bus services and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). Its mandate is to provide long distance inter-city and charter services as well bus services crossing borders in Southern Africa via the use of luxury, semi-luxury and intercity coaches.
"Meyl" is a word that is related to a South African word for "long distance train", according to the Spoornet/Shosholoza Meyl website. The company's name prior to change was "Mainline Passenger Services". In August 2010, Shosholoza Meyl suspended services claiming either contract difficulties (between Transnet and Prasa) or unreliable trains.
The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country. [1] [2] Its economy is the largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world. [3] In terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa.
The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019. All 14 companies from South Africa in the Forbes 2000 are listed. [2] *Despite the company being South African with Head Offices in South Africa, the company is listed as British by the Forbes 2000 ranking due to the entity's registered address in London.
Cape Town's first railway station, circa 1870. The first railway station in Cape Town was a rudimentary wooden structure built in 1861, and was located on the site of the present Golden Acre shopping centre. Cape Town's railways were in their infancy and the early station was small and simple. [2]
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