Railroads of
South Africa

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1. SpoorNet (South Africa)
   Spoornet is the largest division within Transnet, a commercialised organisation with the State as its sole shareholder. We presently represent the group's rail freight and long distance passenger transport interests.
   
   
2. MetroRail (South Africa)
   Metrorail’s core business is to provide a rail service that meets the country’s needs for affordable public transport. Our role is to move our customers safely to their destinations on our 280 trains which operate throughout the main centres in South Africa on a network of 471 stations. We operate in Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Wits (greater Johannesburg) and Tshwane.
   
   
3. Rovos Rail
   Rovos Rail has two trains of twenty painstakingly restored coaches, half of which date back to the twenties and thirties are operated. Each train can accommodate up to 72 passengers. In a series of journeys lasting from 24 hours to a fortnight, the Pride of Africa links some of Africa's greatest destinations from Cape Town at the tip of Africa to Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, from scenic splendours as diverse as the game reserves of Mpumalanga to the Victoria Falls, from the desert landscapes of Namibia and the stark beauty of the Karoo to the lush canefields of KwaZulu-Natal and the magnificent Garden Route along the Ca pe South Coast. The new headquarters and the heart of this superb private railway company is the historic and newly built Capital park Station and Locomotive yard which is situated on the outskirts of Pretoria.
   
   
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