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By LuvU2

Transnet or Spoornet

... or Metrorail or Gautrain ..... or in the first place, SAR & H - South African Railways and Harbours was the first real Railway network in our beautiful country. During the 1980's, the transport industry was reorganised and instead of being a government agency, it was modelled into more of a business, a government-owned corporation, Transnet Freight Rail (until recently known as Spoornet) is the division of Transnet that runs the rail system. It will most probably always stay a Government owned business although small parts of it has been privatised in the recent past. On 1 April 1990, after 80 years of government and parliamentary control, it was given company status. A new, limited liability company, representing a vast transport network, was finally born. Its name was Transnet Limited. Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa, and the pride of our rail transport, the Gautrain is an 80-kilometre (50 mi) mass rapid transit railway system in Gauteng Province, South Africa, which links JohannesburgPretoriaEkhuruleni and OR Tambo International Airport. It was built to relieve the traffic congestion in the Johannesburg–Pretoria traffic corridor and offer commuters a viable alternative to road transport, as Johannesburg has limited public transport infrastructure. The project was completed with the opening on 7 June 2012 of the final section between Rosebank and Johannesburg Park Station
 
..... and it is, of course, another Red Entry! Hehe
 

'One Year Ago'  -  Champagne Bottle Cork Cage ....

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