Transnet freight rail is the largest division of Transnet Limited, a public company with South African government as its sole shareholder. It is a world class heavy haul freight rail company that specialises in the transportation of freight. Transnet freight rail has approximately 38 000 employees, who are spread throughout the country.
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First meeting of the Preliminary Committee of the "Cape of Good Hope Western Railway" with Harrison Watson, prominent Cape banker as chairman.
Milne's wooden track oxen-powered railway between the Bluff and the Harbour, Port Natal, the forerunner of the railway in Africa.
Estimates for the construction of the Cape Town-Wellington railway submitted by the Cape Government, with a cost of 500 000 pounds and a guarantee of six percent interest per annum. The estimate was prepared by Sir Charles Fox, the eminent railway engineer.
Cape Town Railway and Dock company formed.
Natal Railway Company formed.
Turning of first sod Cape Town – Wellington railway.
Opening of the first railway line in South Africa - Point to Durban.
Opening of railway from Cape Town to Eerste River.
Opening of railway from Eerste River to Stellenbosch
Opening of railway from Stellenbosch to Wellington (Cape Town to Wellington)
Opening of railway from Salt River to Wynberg.
Opening of railway from Durban to Umgeni.
Transfer of the Cape Town – Wellington Railway to Government and leasing of Salt River - Wynberg Railway to Government.
First sod of Durban – Pietermaritzburg railway line turned.
Cape main-line extension to Worcester opened.
Line opened from East London to King William’s Town.
Port Elizabeth railway reached Graaff-Reinet.
Line from Worcester to Beaufort West opened.
East London railway reached Queenstown (Old Cape Eastern main-line).
Natal railway reached Pietermartizburg.
Line from Port Elizabeth to Cradock opened.
Electric lighting introduced on African Continent by Cape Government Railways at Table Bay Harbour.
Cape Town and Port Elizabeth Railway linked up at De Aar.
Cape railway reached Orange river from De Aar.
East London railway reached Aliwal North.
De Aar – Kimberley railway line opened.
Line from Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith, Natal opened.
Establishment of the Netherlands South African Railway Company (Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij (NZASM)).
Electric lighting of trains introduced by Cape Government Railways.
Johannesburg Station laid out by Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij, then known as ‘Park Halt’.
First railway in Transvaal between Johannesburg and Boksburg, known as ‘Rand Tram’, subsequently extended to Springs and Krugersdorp.
Natal main-line opened as far as Charlestown.
Line between Portuguese Border and Komatipoort opened.
Arrival of the first train at Johannesburg from Cape Town, via Bloemfontein.
Railway from Delagoa Bay (Maputo) reached Pretoria.
Opening of complete service between Johannesburg and Durban.
Braamfontein Station Dynamite explosion.
Formal opening of the railway to Bulawayo from Cape Town .