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Transport minister announces new freight rail operators approved for Transnet slots

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that eleven new freight rail operators have been granted permission to join the Transnet network. The operators will run trains on six key corridors, covering 41 routes, and are expected to move an additional 20 million tonnes of goods per year starting next year. Creecy says that this is a significant rail reform step that will open the sector to private investment, improve efficiency, […]

today22 August 2025

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PRASA launches modern trains on central line in Western Cape

By Rachel Mohamed The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has introduced the new blue and white Electric Multiple Units on the Central Line in the Western Cape, extending service from Nyanga to Mandalay station. This marks the first deployment of the People’s Train on this route, featuring advanced amenities like automated doors, CCTV cameras, and air-conditioning. Speaking on VOC’s Sunday Live show on Sunday PRASA's Acting Regional Manager […]

today6 August 2024

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Requests made for Transport minister to appoint working committee on the devolution of urban rail functions

LOCAL Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has formally invited minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, to assemble a working committee on the devolution of urban rail functions. This follows Mbalula's remarks that the City of Cape Town is ‘leading the way’ in the devolution of passenger rail in South Africa. Mbalula had responded to a question by DA Shadow Minister of Transport, Chris Hunsinger, wherein he agreed that the devolution of […]

today5 October 2022

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