Mashudu Makatu, the managing executive for the Central Corridor, helping to direct a diesel locomotive to tow the broken-down train.
It is now unreasonable to expect a train to cover the 600 kilometres to Durban from Johannesburg within 24 hours. Sikonathi Mantshantsha took a 60km journey between Benoni and Pretoria, which took six hours. It was one of the "fastest" train rides in recent memory.
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