Night train route
Shosholoza Meyl
Johannesburg → East London · South Africa
- Distance
- 1,000 km
- Fastest time
- 20 h
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
- Operator
- PRASA
- Train
- PRASA sleeper & sitter coaches
- Countries
- South Africa
- In service since
- 1997
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The last affordable long-distance sleeper in South Africa: an overnight economy train across the Free State Highveld and Stormberg to the Indian Ocean at East London.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 952040 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 85 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 19 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Shosholoza Meyl?
The Shosholoza Meyl runs 1,000 km from Johannesburg to East London.
How long does the Shosholoza Meyl take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 20 h for the 1,000 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Shosholoza Meyl?
PRASA.
How old is the Shosholoza Meyl?
The line has been in service since 1997. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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