Talk:Rail transport in South Africa

Banned link
I have tried very hard to source the statements that I am adding to this article. One source, that I used for several statements, is apparently a banned link, whatever that means. The URL is www.mapsofworld.com/south-africa/travel/railways.html, if anyone wishes to check on something that looks like it needs a cite. Unschool (talk) 06:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

First Railway Line
Work started on the Cape Town to Wellington line on the 31 January 1859 but the line was only opened on the 13 February 1862.

The first operating railway line in South Africa was the Natal Railway Company's 3.2km railway line which ran from the township of Durban to Cato Creek and then along the side of the harbour to the Point, Durban which opened on the 26 June 1860. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefishy (talk • contribs) 02:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

Moved - unopposed restore to original name. Keith D (talk) 01:08, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

South Africa rail transport → — This is what the page was called before User:Kreb moved it, which he managed to do in such a way that it cannot be moved back without administrator intervention. "Rail transport in X" is clearly the convention, as can be seen from all the links in Rail transport by country and the contents of Category:Rail transport by country. "South Africa rail transport" doesn't even make grammatical sense. htonl (talk) 00:11, 4 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy revert this qualifies as a speedy revert of an undiscussed move. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 02:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Cape to Cairo
If River Boats and possibly even train ferries are included, is the Cape to Cairo line complete enough? Tabletop (talk) 01:54, 10 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Rover Rail used to offer rail journeys from Cape Town to Cairo. p (talk)

Change to Standard Gauge
Inasmuch as the rest of the subcontinent uses Cape gauge, the statement "Ultimately, the hope is that the conversion to standard gauge will also enhance rail's potential as a freight carrier." needs both a citation, and an explanation. Both the Banana Express, and Apple Express demonstrate that freight can be profitably carried on two foot lines.p (talk) 22:57, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I removed this, "Ultimately, the hope is that the conversion to standard gauge will also enhance rail's potential as a freight carrier. [citation needed]" This is not the first wiki article where I see this and It's starting to be annoying since those false arguments are mostly taken from the world top market seller official speech... This argument is also totally inconsistant since 2 foot lines already "perform" freight carrier and use 2,8 to 3,00 m wide locomotives...

As far as I know some 60 cm gauge railways are employing 2,50 m wide locomotives... 77.207.125.22 (talk) 23:33, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Tourism
Mention seven train services in south africa 41.13.148.15 (talk) 17:26, 7 February 2023 (UTC)