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Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal is a network of commuter rail services in and around the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.It is operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
While railways in some states were briefly operated as private companies, railways of Australia have historically operated as Government instrumentalities. The earlier form of a single state government railway department in each state no longer exists – with complex relationships developed by state and federal government corporations operating in multiple locations and across borders between ...
Durban railway station is the central railway station in the city of Durban, South Africa, located between Umgeni Road and NMR Avenue / Masabalala Yengwa Avenue just to the north of the central business district.
Commuter rail/Intercity rail: System: Queensland Rail Citytrain network: Operator(s) Queensland Rail: Rolling stock: IMU (Gympie North & Nambour) SMU260/NGR (Nambour) Technical; Line length: 180 km (110 mi) Track length: 172.21 km (107.01 mi) Number of tracks: Quadruple to Northgate, triple to Petrie, double to Beerburrum, remainder single ...
Rail network in 1892 Rail network in 1906 Rail network in 1950. Construction of the first railway from Cape Town to Wellington was commenced in 1858. However the first passenger-carrying and goods service was a small line of about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) built by the Natal Railway Company, linking the town of Durban with Harbour Point, opened on 26 June 1860. [2]
On 5 May 1947, a packed excursion train derailed at Camp Mountain, after Ferny Grove railway station, in what is Queensland's worst rail tragedy, the Camp Mountain train disaster. The line was duplicated to Mitchelton in 1953, and the first automatic level crossing boom gates in Queensland were installed at Wilston Road, Newmarket in 1954.
A Sandgate bound train arrives at Nundah station, 1910 Train crossing Palm Avenue, Shorncliffe, 1925. The Shorncliffe railway line is an 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) suburban railway line situated north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network.
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger train services connecting Brisbane to regional Queensland. QR also owns and maintains rolling stock, in ...