TFR starts yearly maintenance on East London-Free State-Northern Cape railway line

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has started with the yearly maintenance shutdown of the Cape Corridor’s East London main line, which will continue for seven days until January 22 and see no trains running on the line. The maintenance is set to improve the 629-km-long rail network covering the areas from East London, in the Eastern Cape, to Springfontein, in the Free State, as well as from Springfontein to Noupoort, in the Northern Cape.