Durban Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Rail === Durban featured the first operating steam railway in South Africa when the [[Natal Railway Company]] started operating a line between the Point and the city of Durban in 1860.<ref name="Holland 1">Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, vol 1: 1859β1910, (D.F. Holland, 1971), p11, 20β21, {{ISBN|0-7153-5382-9}}</ref> [[Shosholoza Meyl]], the passenger rail service of [[Transnet Freight Rail|Spoornet]], operates two long-distance passenger rail services from Durban: a daily service to and from Johannesburg via [[Pietermaritzburg]] and [[Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal|Newcastle]], and a weekly service to and from Cape Town via [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]] and [[Bloemfontein]]. These trains terminate at [[Durban railway station]]. [[Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal|Metrorail]] operates a [[commuter rail]] service in Durban and the surrounding area. The Metrorail network runs from Durban Station outwards as far as [[KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal|Stanger]] on the north coast, [[Kelso, KwaZulu-Natal|Kelso]] on the south coast, and [[Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal|Cato Ridge]] inland. A [[Johannesburg-Durban High Speed Rail|high-speed rail link]] has been proposed, between Johannesburg and Durban.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ambitious-plans-will-still-need-funding/browse/3.html |access-date=19 September 2010 |title=Railway Gazette: Ambitious plans will still need funding |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615134927/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ambitious-plans-will-still-need-funding/browse/3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page