Metrorail has announced that its fares are to rise with effect from Saturday 1 June. It explains that the government subsidy for running costs is only covering half the expenses. A number of critics have questioned the timing, pointing out that it comes hard on the heels of the prolonged national bus strike, which caused [...]
GOOD IMPRESSION FROM NEW PAINT
Stewart Currie reports in the RSSA’s On Track: “Passing the Germiston line I saw 3 ...
TRANSNET WAGE DEAL
The interesting thing about the wage deal agreed in mid-May between Transnet and the unions is that employees are to get 8.5% this year and 9% in 2014, without anyone having gone on strike. By comparison, bus drivers who maintained a three-week-long strike (nationally from mid-April) are to get 9.5%, and 0.5% more from October. [...]
SPECIAL 150-YEAR TRAIN TO PAARL & WELLINGTON
On 18 May, the Wellington branch of the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) organised a special event to commemorate the 150th year of the railway from Cape Town reaching the town. A special train left Cape Town’s main station at 07:40, stopping at Bellville at 08:30, and Klapmuts at 09:00. A country fair and fun [...]
BLOEMFONTEIN-KIMBERLEY PASSENGER SERVICE
Among casualties resulting from the disappearance of the Durban-Cape Town intercity train (the old Orange Express) has been the loss of passenger service between Kimberley and Bloemfontein, together with intermediate stations such as Petrusberg. All rail passenger trains in the country are now the responsibility of the Passenger Rail agency of South Africa (Prasa), with [...]
UMGENI STEAM RAILWAY
www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za Steam-hauled excursion trains – Sunday, 26 May 2013: Kloof-Inchanga (08:30 & 12:30) Sunday, 2 June 2013: Conditional extra running day (subject to public demand): Kloof-Inchanga (08:30 & 12:30) Saturday, 29 June 2013: Afternoon Tea & Scone Run: Kloof-Inchanga (14:00) Sunday, 30 June 2013: Kloof-Inchanga (08:30 & 12:30): Saturday, 6 July 2013: Afternoon Tea & [...]
John McClement reporting on sar-L: “A quick rundown of what was seen at Trichardt during February/March 2013: Most of the standard Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) diesels where seen. • A class 34 GE is used by Sasol to move trains within the Secunda plant, and take trains to and from the interchange yard. • A [...]
GAUTRAIN PEAK FARES UP, OFF-PEAK DOWN
Gauteng MEC for roads and transport Ismail Vadi has announced that Gautrain peak-hour fares are to rise by 6% from June 2013. However, in an effort to attract more passengers in the off-peak, charges between 09:00 and 15:00 are to fall by 15%. According to Vadi, the new structure is aimed at “attracting different market [...]
GAUTRAIN EXTENSION STUDIES
Four cost-benefit studies have been commissioned by the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA), CEO Jack van der Merwe announced in mid-May, to “explore the feasibility of extending the rail services in four directions”. This is to respond to a forecast doubling in the province’s population during the next ten years.
EUROPEAN UNION TO ASSIST TRANSPORT IN EGYPT
The European Union (EU) has allocated €123 million towards development of Egypt’s transport sector, Union representative Armil Lindin said at a conference early in May. Of this, €40 million has been guaranteed for funding construction of the Cairo Metro’s third phase. Assistant to the Egyptian minister of transport Ragab Mousa was quoted saying: “The ministry [...]
DAR ES SALAAM COMMUTER TRAIN SUCCESS
Tanzania’s transport minister Dr Harrison Mwakyembe has been widely applauded for his introduction of commuter trains at Dar es Salaam in October 2012. According to the Tanzania Daily News, the service is so popular that the trains have been given the name Mwakyembe. This the paper explains is because they provide the “fastest and most [...]
- NEW BUSINESS EXPRESS
- RED SEA TO THE ATLANTIC
- GAUTRAIN TO OFFER BURSARIES
- SHOSHOLOZA MEYL WINTER FARES
- BUSINESS EXPRESS – 2ND JHB-PTA
- METRORAIL FARE INCREASE
- TRANSNET WAGE DEAL
- SPECIAL 150-YEAR TRAIN TO PAARL & WELLINGTON
- BLOEMFONTEIN-KIMBERLEY PASSENGER SERVICE
- UMGENI STEAM RAILWAY
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