CATCHING UP WITH CAPACITY DEMAND

After several years of gradual expansion, the South-African economy underwent a boom last year with the sudden rise in the price of gold. As a result, railway traffic reached record levels. Estimates of a 5 percent rise proved wrong, in fact railway traffic rose by 9 percent and was still rising at the end of the year.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Narrow gage track; Operations; Planning; Railroad electrification; Railroad facility operations; Traffic density; Unit trains
• Identifier Terms: Spoornet
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00335459
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM