{"id":44614,"date":"2026-09-04T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44614"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:07:37","slug":"sas-transnet-completes-restoration-of-key-commodity-rail-line","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-transnet-completes-restoration-of-key-commodity-rail-line\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s Transnet completes restoration of key commodity rail line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) state-owned logistics operator Transnet said on Friday \u200bit has completed the restoration \u200cof the Cape Mainline rail link following storm damage in May.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Heavy \u200brainfall, strong winds and \u200bflooding on May 11 and 12 \u2060caused extensive damage to \u200brailway infrastructure, resulting in sections of \u200bthe line being closed for more than two months, the Transnet Rail \u200bInfrastructure Manager (TRIM) said in a \u200bstatement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Cape Mainline is a strategic mixed-freight \u200ccorridor \u2060linking Cape Town, Western Cape Province, with SA&#8217;s inland rail network. It carries containers, agricultural products, industrial \u200bgoods, \u200band minerals \u2060between the Port of Cape Town and the \u200bcountry&#8217;s economic heartland.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The line \u200bwas \u2060first opened to diesel trains on July 31, before it \u2060was \u200bfully reopened for \u200belectric trains in August 2026, TRIM said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13209,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-44614","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Transnet has completed the restoration","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44616,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44614\/revisions\/44616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}