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Shosholoza Meyl is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) that operates long-distance passenger rail services. It operates various train routes across South Africa, [ 1 ] carrying approximately 4 million passengers annually. [ 2 ]
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. [2]: 7
It is the terminus of Shosholoza Meyl long-distance services from Johannesburg and Cape Town, [1] and the hub of a network of Metrorail commuter rail services that stretch as far as KwaDukuza (Stanger) to the north, Kelso to the south, and Cato Ridge inland.
Park Station is also the terminus of Shosholoza Meyl long-distance services to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein via Kimberley, Komatipoort via Nelspruit and Musina via Polokwane. [3] The southern terminus of the Gautrain rapid-rail service is located underground, in a separate station adjacent to the existing main ...
Rail network in 1892 Rail network in 1906 Rail network in 1950. Construction of the first railway from Cape Town to Wellington was commenced in 1858. However the first passenger-carrying and goods service was a small line of about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) built by the Natal Railway Company, linking the town of Durban with Harbour Point, opened on 26 June 1860. [2]
Kimberley railway station is the central railway station of the city of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. [1] Because Kimberley is the junction of the main Cape Town–Johannesburg main line with another line from Bloemfontein, it is served by several routes of the Shosholoza Meyl inter-city service.
The operation of the country's rail systems is accomplished by Transnet subsidiaries Transnet Freight Rail, Shosholoza Meyl, Metrorail, Transnet Engineering, Protekon et al. A feasibility study is to be conducted into the construction of a 720 km of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) ( standard gauge ) line from Johannesburg to Durban for double ...
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