Talk:Rail transport in South Africa

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I have tried very hard to source the statements that I am adding to this article. One source, that I used for several statements, is apparently a banned link, whatever that means. The URL is www.mapsofworld.com/south-africa/travel/railways.html, if anyone wishes to check on something that looks like it needs a cite. Unschool (talk) 06:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Work started on the Cape Town to Wellington line on the 31 January 1859 but the line was only opened on the 13 February 1862.

The first operating railway line in South Africa was the Natal Railway Company's 3.2km railway line which ran from the township of Durban to Cato Creek and then along the side of the harbour to the Point, Durban which opened on the 26 June 1860. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefishy (talk • contribs) 02:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The request to rename this article to Rail transport in South Africa has been carried out. If the page title has consensus, be sure to close this discussion using {{subst:RM top|'''page moved'''.}} and {{subst:RM bottom}} and remove the {{Requested move/dated|…}} tag, or replace it with the {{subst:Requested move/end|…}} tag.

South Africa rail transport → Rail transport in South Africa — This is what the page was called before User:Kreb moved it, which he managed to do in such a way that it cannot be moved back without administrator intervention. "Rail transport in X" is clearly the convention, as can be seen from all the links in Rail transport by country and the contents of Category:Rail transport by country. "South Africa rail transport" doesn't even make grammatical sense. htonl (talk) 00:11, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]