Spoornet

Information about Spoornet

TRANSNET FREIGHT RAIL
Founded
HeadquartersJohannesburg
Key peopleMr Siyabonga Gama, CEO
Mr Peter Fearnhead, Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Nick Thomson, Chief Financial Officer, Mr Percival Mosweu, General Manager - Technical Department
IndustryTrain transport
ProductsFreight transport service
Revenue~ R14 bn 2006
Employees~ 25,000
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Transnet Freigh Rail
LocaleSouthern Africa
Dates of operation– present
Track gauge1067 mm
HeadquartersJohannesburg


Among Transnet's railway service divisions are: Protekon, a transport infrastructure design company; Transnet Rail Engineering (formerly Transwerk, which provides railway engineering services; and Transnet Freight Rail, formerly called Spoornet. Formerly part of South African Railways and Harbours, Transnet Freight Rail is the South African railway system. This state-controlled organisation 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 (in its English form. The Afrikaans version was SAS&H).

Operations

Transnet Freight Rail is a freight logistics and passenger transport railway. It is the largest freight hauler in Africa. The company is comprised of several different businesses business units:
  • General Freight Bus - Spoornet's largest division; handles over 50% of its freight;
  • COAL Export Line, also known as "Black Gold", serving coal customers on the Mpumalanga - Richards Bay line; second largest coal railway in the world;
  • Ore Export Line - dedicated to iron ore transport on the Sishen to Saldanha line;
  • Luxrail - The operation of the Blue Train, which is designed as a five-star hotel on wheels;

Links to neighboring countries

Spoornet is well linked to the neighboring countries, namely There is also a link to Maseru in Lesotho.

Ongoing projects

External links

Johannesburg
Johannesburg skyline from Gold Reef City
Motto: Unity in Development
Location of Johannesburg
Map of South Africa showing Johannesburg's location
Coordinates:
Country South Africa
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg skyline from Gold Reef City
Motto: Unity in Development
Location of Johannesburg
Map of South Africa showing Johannesburg's location
Coordinates:
Country South Africa
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Transnet

State owned enterprise SOE
Founded 1990
Headquarters Johannesburg

Key people Mr. F. Phaswana, Chairman
Ms. M. Ramos, Group Chief Executive
Mr. L. van Niekerk, COO
Mr. C.F.
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Protekon

State-owned enterprise SOE
Founded
Headquarters Johannesburg
Durban

Industry Infrastructure management
Engineering
Products Infrastructure management services for ports, railways,terminals and pipelines
Revenue ~
Employees ~
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Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates the international trading and economic growth in most countries.
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Coal (IPA: /ˈkəʊl/) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation.
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Mpumalanga

Capital Nelspruit
Largest city Nelspruit
Premier(List) Thabang Makwetla (ANC)
Area
Ranked 8th
- Total 79 490 km²
Population Ranked 5th
- Total (2001) 3 122 994
- Density 39/km²

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Richards Bay is one of South Africa's largest harbours (). It is situated on a 30 square kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, (forceful), on the northern coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey to rusty red.
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The Blue Train travels an approximately 1,600 kilometer (1,000 mile) journey in South Africa between Pretoria and Cape Town. It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world.
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The Blue Train travels an approximately 1,600 kilometer (1,000 mile) journey in South Africa between Pretoria and Cape Town. It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world.
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Stars are often used as symbols for classification purposes. They are used by reviewers for ranking things such as movies, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. For example, a set of one to five stars is commonly employed to categorize hotels.
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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Swazi Rail (SR), also Swaziland Rail, is the official railway corporation of Swaziland. Like the neighboring countries, its 301 km rail system (2005) has a gauge of 1.067 m. SR provides only service for transportation of goods, not passengers.
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Motto
"Siyinqaba"   (Swati)
"We are the fortress"
Anthem
Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati
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Musina (previously called Messina) is the northernmost city in the Limpopo province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border with Zimbabwe. It has a population of about 20,000. Its suburb of Beitbridge is 5,000 people.
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Beitbridge

Country Zimbabwe
Province Matabeleland South
District Beitbridge
Established 1929
Population (2002)
 - Town 22,378

Beitbridge
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The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is the parastatal railway of Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe railway system was largely constructed during the time of British colonial rule, and part of it represents a segment of the Cape-Cairo railway.
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The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR) is a privately owned railway company that provides a rail link in Zimbabwe between Beitbridge at the border to South Africa and Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo.
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Botswana Railways (BR) is the national railway of Botswana. BR was created in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).
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Upington is a town founded in 1871 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. Its current population is estimated at 72,198 inhabitants. The town was founded in 1884 and named after Sir Thomas Upington, Attorney-General of the Cape.
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