2 FPT closed / scrapped Lines


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		F,1
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
	Sandstone	1996		E,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 reopen the line from Itzosha to Harding stopped be ignorancy and bureaucracy
D	Re-opende branch line of the Umzinto - Donnybrook system
E	Private railway located on the Sandstone Estates Farms
F	Last remaining narrow gauge line with Transnet train operation
1	steam trains (see Timetables)