TRANSNET signed a Rand 2.6bn ($US 298m) contract with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, China, on October 22 for 95 dual-voltage electric locomotives, which are being ordered as part of a massive investment in railfreight capacity in South Africa.
SWAZILAND Railways, Transnet, and Mott MacDonald South Africa have formed a project team to advance plans for the Rand 15.9bn ($US 1.85m) Swazilink connection between Lothair in South Africa's Mpumalanga province and Sidvokodvo, Swaziland.
ACTOM Signalling recently completed a Rand 83m ($US 10.1m) signalling upgrade on a 480km section of the Johannesburg - Durban mainline from Union Junction near Germiston to Cedara near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. Altogether 92 stations were involved.
THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has received seven bids for its Rand 123bn ($US 14.93bn) rolling stock fleet renewal programme (IRJ June p16) for state-owned commuter operator Metrorail.
IN preparation for the opening of the new manganese export terminal at the Port of Ngqura, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has carried out a series of tests on the Hotazel to Port Elizabeth line evaluating the performance of 208-wagon trains with distributed traction.
TRANSNET Freight Rail (TFR) chief executive Mr Siyabonga Gama announced on August 6 that the Richards Bay heavy-haul line had set a new record for weekly coal volumes of 1.877 million tonnes.
IN a significant boost for South Africa's rolling stock production capability, Transnet Rail Engineering (TRE) is planning to build a new factory to assemble commuter trains for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).
TRANSNET Freight Rail (TFR) is preparing to invite tenders for 599 new dual-voltage electric locomotives for use by its general freight division.
TRANSNET, South Africa, revealed impressive results for the 2011-12 financial year on July 10, and pledged that even in the worst economic scenario, it will proceed with the bulk of its Rand 300bn ($US 26bn) capital investment programme.
ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel (EMD) and plant, automotive and handling product distributor Barloworld have formed Electro-Motive Diesel Africa, a joint venture which will assemble diesel locomotives in South Africa for the wider southern African market.
