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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The Krugersdorp-to-Mafikeng line spans a distance of 271 km and is the main link with Botswana, with overborder rail operations being conducted Botswana Rail (BR).
The line mainly comprises of 48 kg/m rails, with 100 km of track composed of 40 kg/m on various locations across the section. The rails are predominantly supported by concrete sleepers, with approximately 75 000 steel and wood sleepers also in use. The Sentrarand Complex or Central Hub is a centrally located marshalling yard with surrounding mainlines, that is used to sort wagons into trains based on their final destinations. Briefly, this sorting process used a “hump” where incoming wagons were separated and sorted by a computer system, and allowed to move under gravity into one of 64-lines based on the final destination. This marshalling yard is intended for mainly wagonload or “less-than-trainload traffic”.
Commodities
The main commodities transported on the corridor are:
Sodium Carbonite
Cement
PIG/SLAG/SPONGE IRON
Depots
Vereeniging
Isando
Capital Park
Krugersdorp
Sentrarand
Vaalcon
Botswana
Pretcon
Pretoria
Lichtenburg
Millsite
Coligny
Mafikeng
Langlaagte
Watloo
Zeerust
Our Customers
Our key customers in this sector include:
Botswana Ash
Voestalpine VAE
Afrisam
PPC