Enhancing performance and increasing speed is TFR mandate

Rail transport needs to
increase the tonnes per
axle to improve the payload
of heavy haul operations
in the freight business as
efficiency and productivity
are inextricably linked to
its success.
Speaking at the opening
of the Railways and
Harbours 2011 conference
in Johannesburg, John
Mathew, corporate
marketing manager for
Transnet Rail Engineering,
said enhancing
performance and increasing
speed while demanding
more of rolling stock was
integral to successful
operations.
He said Transnet Rail
Engineering was pulling
out all the stops to improve
operations.
“By 2014 we will have
built in excess of 10 000
new freight wagons,
upgraded more than
1000 diesel and electric
locomotives and electric
motorised passenger
coaches, and built 150
new generation diesel
electric locomotives at
our factories around the
country.”