Transnet inks MoU with landowners for Swazi rail link project
As Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Swaziland Railway take the Swaziland Rail Link project, expected to eliminate noncoal traffic on the export channel from Mpumalanga to Richards Bay, into the feasibility front-end loading Stage 3, a deal has been struck with South African landowners.
TFR and Swaziland Railway are currently undertaking detailed planning in selected options of such areas as the business case, engineering and operations for the rail link connecting South Africa and Swaziland, says TFR CEO Siyabonga Gama.
In line with this, TFR last week signed a memoradum of understanding (MoU) with Lothair farmers and landowners, as the railway line will traverse a number of individually owned farms.
The project was initially formalised in 2012 through the signing of an intergovernmental MoU between the two governments.
“Transnet – as part of its Market Demand Strategy – plans to create a dedicated corridor for general freight and grow export general freight through the Eastern Seaboard ports of Maputo and Richards Bay,” Gama explains.
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