| Number |
Line |
opening |
closure |
coment |
| 1 |
Upington – Kakamas |
1926 |
1949 |
A |
| 2 |
Kalabas Kraal – Hopefield – Saldanha |
1903 |
1926 |
A |
| 3 |
Knysna forest railway |
1907 |
1949 |
† |
| 4 |
Port Elizabeth – Avontuur / Patensie (Apple Express) |
1905 |
|
G |
| 5 |
Fort Beaufort – Seymor |
1926 |
1940 |
A |
| 6 |
Port Shepstone – Harding |
1911 |
2006 |
C |
| 7 |
Sezela, Sugar railway system |
|
1970's |
† |
| 8 |
Umzinto – Donnybrook / Umzimkulu |
1908 |
1986 |
B |
| 8 |
Ixopo-Umzimkulu (Paton Express) |
2000 |
|
D, (1) |
| 9 |
Mid Illofo – Umlaas Road |
1911 |
1980's |
† |
| 10 |
Stranger – Kearsney |
1901 |
1948 |
|
| 11 |
Escourt – Weenen |
1907 |
1980's |
† |
| 12 |
Elandshoek – Mt.Carmel |
1925 |
1931 |
|
| 13 |
Pienaarsrivier – Tuniplaas |
1906 |
1923 |
|
| 13 |
Sandstone Estates, private narrow gauge railway |
1998 |
|
F, 1 |
|
| † |
Line scrapped |
| A |
Re-gauged to cape gauge |
| B |
Parts of the line stolen in 1999-2000, rest scrapped / removed to Paton Express |
| C |
Efforts to re-open the line from Itzosha to Harding stopped be ignorancy and bureaucracy |
| D |
Re-opende branch line of the Umzinto - Donnybrook system |
| E |
Last remaining narrow gauge line with Transnet train operation |
| F |
Private railway, spontanously visites are not possible. Operates some trains on special |
| G |
Line closed because of land slidings, re-opening is planned |
| 1 |
Steam trains (see Timetables) |
