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List of abandoned railway lines in South Africa information


This is a list of disused, abandoned, closed or dismantled railway lines in South Africa since 1910.

The list is primarily intended to document South African Railways (government) or private lines of historical significance (e.g. Okiep railway).

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List of abandoned railway lines in South Africa

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list of disused, abandoned, closed or dismantled railway lines in South Africa since 1910. The list is primarily intended to document South African Railways...

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Apartheid

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sexual relationships across racial lines. The Population Registration Act, 1950 classified all South Africans into one of four racial groups based on appearance...

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TAZARA Railway

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The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania...

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History of rail transport

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not complete the Suez Canal until 1869. The first railway in the German colony of South West Africa was the 18 kilometres (11 mi)-long line running North-East...

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Second Boer War

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the Empire's influence in Southern Africa. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush caused a large influx of "foreigners" to the South African Republic, mostly British...

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List of funicular railways

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This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section...

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List of rack railways

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is a list of rack railways, both operating and closed. Lengue gorge. on Benguela railway – 1906. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Transandine Railway between...

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Kolmanskop

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electrified railway lines that served the diamond mining industry further south. One ran 119 kilometres (74 mi) via Pomona to Bogenfels. It was completed in 1913...

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History of South Africa

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inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. In 1999, UNESCO designated the region the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site. South Africa's first...

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Florida East Coast Railway

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Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the...

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Commuter rail

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similarly to RER in Paris. Beovoz had more lines and far more stops than the current system. However, it was abandoned in favor of more accurate BG Voz...

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List of ghost towns by country

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mentioned in the BBC documentary "Unknown Africa: Angola". Foz do Cunene, located near Saint Martin of the Tigers and similarly abandoned due to rising...

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Railway stations in Ethiopia

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Current railway stations in Ethiopia are served by standard gauge railways of the National Railway Network of Ethiopia which is mostly under construction...

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Egyptian National Railways

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the first railway in the Ottoman Empire as well as Africa and the Middle East. In the same year Abbas died and was succeeded by Sa'id Pasha, in whose reign...

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CRRC

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Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). It was reported that the future South African Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was implicated in the deal when...

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Eswatini Railways

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Railways (ESR), formerly known as Swaziland Railway or Swazi Rail, is the national railway corporation of Eswatini. As in the rest of Southern Africa...

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Rail transport in Ethiopia

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transport in Ethiopia is done within the National Railway Network of Ethiopia, which currently consists of three electrified standard gauge railway lines: the...

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Karoo

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borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ǃ’Aukarob "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what...

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History of rail transport in Namibia

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in 1907/08. The German colonial railway was taken over by the Railways of South Africa after World War I, and linked into the network of South Africa...

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Multiple unit

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railways, European-style DMUs are used with timesharing arrangements on several rail lines, including the RiverLINE in New Jersey. Only a handful of manufacturers...

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