Bombardier Transportation South Africa has awarded a contract to power and automation technology company, ABB, to supply traction transformers and associated products for Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR) new fleet, which includes 240 freight...
The South African-based Grindrod has invested $500 million for the construction of the first phase of two, of Zambia’s North West Rail project. The railway line aimed at linking Angola and Zambia will be 580 km long and will connect Zambia’s copper...
A derailed Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train that was travelling from Bellville to Caledon on 18 January 2015 is currently under investigation by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). The derailment occurred at Faure Station (between Eerste River and...
The Fieldview – Kamfersdam section of the Manganese export rail line has now been re-opened. About 1, 5km of railway tracks was submerged following abnormally high levels of rainfall in January 2011. Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) then halted...
