Transnet Freight Rail

Transnet Freight Rail
State-owned company
Industry Rail transport
Predecessor Spoornet
Successor TFR
Founded 1910
Headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people
  • Siyabonga Gama (CEO)
  • Mlamuli Buthelezi (COO)
  • Nomfuyo Galeni (CFO)
Revenue ca. R14 bn as of 2006
Number of employees
ca. 25,000
Website www.transnetfreightrail.co.za
Transnet Freight Rail
Locale Southern Africa
Dates of operation 1910present
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Headquarters Johannesburg

Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration, a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely referred to by the initials SAR&H (SAS&H in Afrikaans). Customer complaints about serious problems with Transnet Freight Rail's service were reported in 2010.[1] Its head office is in the Inyanda House in Parktown, Johannesburg.[2]

Operations

Transnet Freight Rail is a freight logistics and passenger transport railway. It is the largest freight hauler in Africa. The company comprises several businesses:

Transnet also formerly owned Shosholoza Meyl, the non-luxury long distance passenger rail service. Shosholoza Meyl was transferred to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on 23 December 2008. A line in the Eastern Cape is leased to Kei Rail.[4]

Business Units

Transnet Freight Rail is divided into 6 Business Units:[5]

The launch of the Business Units took place in a company wide event for all managerial staff on 18 April 2012.

Links to neighbouring countries

The South African rail network

The Transnet rail network is linked to all of South Africa's neighbouring countries:

TransNamib of Namibia, at Nakop;
Botswana Railways at Ramatlabama;
National Railways of Zimbabwe and the Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway at Beitbridge;
Mozambique Ports and Railways at Ressano Garcia;
Swazi Rail of Swaziland at Golela and Mananga;
Maseru in Lesotho on the Maseru branch line (owned by Transnet).

Ongoing projects

See also

References

  1. "Concerns over Rail Freight service". Railways Africa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. "Contact Us." Transnet Freight Rail. Retrieved on 15 April 2013. "Physical Address Inyanda House 15 Girton Road Parktown 2193"
  3. "TFR reports record coal figures". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  4. "Kei Rail (South Africa) – Jane's World Railways". Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  5. "TFR Media Releases". Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  6. "Transnet five year plan". Railway Gazette. 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  7. "Transnet to expand heavy haul operations". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. "New Swaziland-link line to run in 2017". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

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