DECKING OVER BRAAMFONTEIN
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana has announced ambitious plans to construct an all-over concrete deck across the extensive coach stabling sidings in Braamfontein. This would effectively link the busy area north of the railway with Fordsburg to the south, and create some 43 hectares for “mixed use” development. The railway [...]
PIETERMARITZBURG EXPRESS
KwaZulu-Natal premier Zweli Mkhize, speaking in his state-of-the-province address, said rail should become the backbone of public transport. An important initial project is to be a “Business express” between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. It is hoped to launch the project, which is costing R30 million, in April 2012. According to Metrorail’s Thandi Mkhize, only one intermediate [...]
MORE ON THE NEW METRORAIL FLEET
Announcing the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) programme for ordering new Metrorail rolling stock, CEO Lucky Montana said the 20-year procurement process for the design, build and “shared maintenance: of the rolling stock is to be split in two, the first ten-year contract running from 2015 and the second from 2025. Strict BEE [...]
FRANSCHHOEK TRAM
Part of the long disused branch line to Franschhoek is being revived by an enterprise which has had a diesel-driven 30-passenger tram custom-built. Prof (Pty) Ltd Engineers in Alrode (Germiston), specialists in rail equipment for mining applications, recently delivered a 4-wheel, 6-ton, open toast-rack vehicle featuring tip-over hardwood seats with side flaps that can be [...]
TRANSIT INTERCHANGE FOR ROODEPOORT
In her state-of-the-province address on 20 February at the Gauteng legislature in Mamelodi, Tshwane, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane promised that the full Gautrain railway from Park Station, “would be up and running” in March. A new public transport interchange is to be built at Roodepoort. Mokonyane said police statistics showed that murder in Gauteng had declined [...]
ANGOLAN RAILWAYS WILL HELP ZAMBIAN ECONOMY
According to Zambian foreign minister Given Lubinda, speaking following a meeting with Angolan transport minister Augusto da Silva Tomás, the rehabilitation of the Angolan railways will help develop the economic and social environment in Southern African countries like Zambia. Minister Tomás provided detailed information about Angola’s modernisation of transport infrastructure, with particular reference to the [...]
THE CHINESE ARE COMING
Recently the BBC Knowledge Channel screened a two-part feature entitled “The Chinese are coming”. According to the blurb: “Most Western businesses view Africa as a land of poverty, while the Chinese view it as a land of opportunity”. [ The conclusion looks to be spot-on, but future tense – see first sentence – may be [...]
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