Private trains prepare for Transnet rail network as monopoly nears end
This is a timeline offered by Moshe Motlohi, CEO of Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (Trim), an office responsible for repairing Transnet’s underperforming core rail network – spanning 20 953km – and opening it to private sector operators for the first time to improve efficiencies.
How it works is that Trim will generate revenue from private rail operators, which will pay Trim access fees, or tariffs, to operate on its rail network.
Private sector companies will start bringing their locomotives and heavy-haul wagons onto the rail network over the coming months to operate lines independently.
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