Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa ( PRASA ) is a state-owned transport companies in South Africa. PRASA has its headquarters in Pretoria. She is now responsible for a large part of the settlement of passenger transport in South Africa, with four subsidiaries operate in the respective divisions: Metro Rail ( regional transport), Shosholoza Meyl ( intercity ) and Autopax ( bus lines, long-distance bus ). Properties and transport are managed by, which also belongs to PRASA Intersite.

The company is controlled by the national Department of Transport (Ministry of Transport ). Form the legal basis for its activities of South Africa Transport Services ( " SATS " ) Act (Act no. 9/1989 ) and its amendment of 2008 and the provisions of section 4 of the National Land Transport Transition Act (Act no. 22 / 2000).

History

1916 became the South African Railways and Harbours, which later became South African Transport Services, united by the establishment of the Union of South Africa, all South African railway companies. On 1 April 1990 Transnet was established, which took over these tasks. Exceptions were all passenger services that were originally managed by the South African Rail Commuter Corporation Limited, also founded on 1 April 1990 ( SARCC ) and later transferred to the current PRASA.

In 2006, they started in the business Mainline Passenger Services with the commissioning of luxurious long-distance trains, which form their management department Luxrail. This service has been developed based on three lines of Johannesburg:

  • Johannesburg - Cape Town -Johannesburg
  • Johannesburg - Durban -Johannesburg and
  • Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Johannesburg.

The PRASA was one of the five national sponsors of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

Regional Metrorail systems

On 1 January 1997 Metrorail was an independent business in the Transnet group. In 2006, at our request by the Ministry of Transport the reconciliation of Metrorail in the SARCC, where it now forms the operational area. Regional Metrorail transport systems are available in five metropolitan areas of South Africa:

  • Metrorail Durban ( Metrorail KwaZulu- Natal)
  • Metrorail East London ( Metrorail Eastern Cape )
  • Metrorail Johannesburg - Pretoria ( Metrorail Gauteng)
  • Metrorail Cape Town ( Metrorail Western Cape)
  • Metro Rail Port Elizabeth ( Eastern Cape Metrorail )
Types of business entity Chief Operating Officer Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal
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