INTERMODAL FREIGHTDurban Container TerminalIn 2005/2006 approximately 1,226,337 tons of forwarded
(import) and 853,940 tons of received (export) cargo was
handled by rail at the terminal. This represents about 25%
of the potential rail traffic, the rest being on
road.
The national rail operator presently runs three to five
container trains in each direction every day and has
stated its intention to increase the number of trains to
eleven. Historically seven trains operated daily. The PX Shed (at Durban)This large shed included an autosort facility,
constructed during the 1970s. With the demise of
rail-
based PX services during the mid-1990s the shed
became
surplus and was sub-let to a number of tenants. The
autosort facility was subsequently scrapped.
Other PX Shed facilities
All former PX and most CX (for domestic) traffic has
disappeared. The large shed at Ladysmith has not been
used for its intended purpose for a number of years, and
was used for a time to store out-of-use locomotives. The
facility is still intact but it is unlikely that it will
be used again for its intended business.
|
