R8.9bn enhancement package to boost capacity on South Africa’s heavy haul rail corridor

SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager is undertaking a R8.9bn modernisation programme running to 2030 on the Sishen – Saldanha heavy haul railway, which carries export commodities including iron ore and manganese. The programme aims to improve infrastructure reliability and capacity on the 861 km line, which opened in 1976 to connect mines near Sishen…

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