Extreme weather conditions on Wednesday affected long-distance passenger trains and national roads around South Africa. Electricity supply was also affected as Eskom battled to meet the high demand. The Passenger […]
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South Africa work for rail consultants
A Derby rail consultancy has been appointed to help with a major rail project in South Africa. Interfleet Technology, which has its headquarters on Pride Park, has been selected to […]
Zuma issue derails transport union
The union is deeply divided over who to support at the ANC’s conference in Mangaung in December and in battles surrounding the multibillion-rand rail renewal project by the Passenger Rail […]
PRASA sets bar too low for local content
Heavy Engineering firm DCD says the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has set the bar too low for local content in its procurement of train sets. It says an […]
New DCD train bogie has 85% local content
Heavy engineering manufacturer DCD has launched a new train bogie with 85% local content‚ which it says substantially beats the tender requirements of the Passenger Rail Association of SA (Prasa) […]
Rail investments come rolling in
Hundreds of billions of rand in investment into passenger and freight rail transportation will see the Passenger Rails Association of South Africa injecting R123-billion into its rolling stock replacement programme […]
The time for rail is now
GIBB will, as it continues to position itself as a world-class provider of technologically excellent and cost effective rail engineering solutions, expand its rail business in South Africa, penetrate the […]
General Electric boosts SA rail
Hundreds of billions of rand in investment into passenger and freight rail transportation is set to inject vigour into what has been a dying industry in SA. State freight logistics […]
South Africa’s passenger rail sector with Lucky Montana
The state and safety of South Africa’s decades-old passenger trains have came under the spotlight in recent month. Some of the areas under discussion are modern safety features such as […]
Barloworld in joint sub-Saharan railway venture
Industrial conglomerate Barloworld and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) on Monday launched a joint venture to service sub-Saharan railway markets. EMD is a subsidiary of US-based Progress Rail Services, which is part […]