The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) plans to buy thousands of new trains – with most manufactured locally – and is refurbishing old coaches, while revamping and modernising stations and signalling, Lucky Montana, Prasa chief executive...
The new commuter train in Nairobi is expected to ease the traffic going into the city centre through Mombasa road. With traffic congestion lightened and the pace of business improved, Kenya’s finance minister has pledged to allocate funds for the...
Transnet expects to double grain tonnages transported over the seven years of its expansion plan. Even so, this will still fall short of industry requirements. Albert Swart, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) executive manager of sales & marketing for...
Transnet’s ‘Back to Rail’ strategy is a much talked about concept within the transport industry, particularly the road freight industry, but there has been very little understanding as to the ‘what’ and ‘wherefores’ of it all – until now. Transport...
