Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Spoornet |
Founded | 1910 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | |
Revenue | ca. R14 bn as of 2006[update] |
Number of employees | ca. 25,000 |
Parent | Transnet |
Website | www |
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Johannesburg |
Locale | Southern Africa |
Dates of operation | 1910–present |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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.[1] Its head office is in Inyanda House in Parktown, Johannesburg.[2]