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Spoornet

Transnet Freight Rail
State-owned company
Industry Rail transport
Predecessor Spoornet
Successor TFR
Founded 1910
Headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people
  • Ravi Nair (CEO)
  • Nozipho Sithole (COO)
  • Nomfuyo Galeni (CFO)
Revenue ca. R14 bn as of 2006
Number of employees
ca. 25,000
Website www.transnetfreightrail.co.za
Transnet Freight Rail
Locale Southern Africa
Dates of operation 1910–present
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Headquarters Johannesburg

Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration, a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely referred to by the initials SAR&H (SAS&H in Afrikaans). Customer complaints about serious problems with Transnet Freight Rail's service were reported in 2010. Its head office is in the Inyanda House in Parktown, Johannesburg.

Transnet Freight Rail is a freight logistics and passenger transport railway. It is the largest freight hauler in Africa. The company comprises several businesses:

Transnet also formerly owned Shosholoza Meyl, the non-luxury long distance passenger rail service. Shosholoza Meyl was transferred to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on 23 December 2008. A line in the Eastern Cape is leased to Kei Rail.

Transnet Freight Rail is divided into 6 Business Units:

The launch of the Business Units took place in a company wide event for all managerial staff on 18 April 2012.

The Transnet rail network is linked to all of South Africa's neighbouring countries:


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