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Shosholoza Meyl, the long-distance train division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, operates trains on the same Pretoria to Cape Town route. One train per day runs in each direction, but this not a 'luxury' service. As of 2009, the Blue Train is operated by Luxrail, a division of Transnet Freight Rail. [17]
Pretoria railway station is the central station in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa. It is located between Pretoria's central business district and Salvokop, in a 1910 building designed by Herbert Baker.
English: Map of the railway network of South Africa: open lines are black, closed lines are light grey, and lifted lines are not shown. Selected cities and towns ...
The Blue Train is a luxurious passenger train and a popular tourist attraction for South Africa, [11] which runs from Cape Town to Pretoria. It was the winner of the most luxurious train in Africa for the tenth consecutive year in 2019 and the three-time winner of the world's most luxurious train at the World Travel Awards.
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 ...
On 23 December 2008 the SARCC was renamed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, and in subsequent months other assets were transferred to PRASA. PRASA was officially launched in March 2009 and combined the assets of Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl, Autopax and Intersite Property Management Services under this new organisation.
However, the Blue Train is an exclusively 1st-class luxury service, on which a considerable premium is payable. The Trans Karoo conveyed 3rd class, 2nd class, and 'ordinary' 1st class passengers. Those travelling 1st class on the Trans Karoo had private sleeping compartments (converted to seating accommodation during the day) with washing ...
This is a route-map template for the Gautrain, a railway in Gauteng, South Africa.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.