Rail services · South Africa

Rail services in South Africa

Road-rail plant with certified operators, road-rail operators and rail training for your projects in South Africa: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban.

The rail network in South Africa

Understanding the ground before we mobilise

Network of about 20,000 km, 1,067 mm Cape gauge, about 40% electrified. Infrastructure and operations: Transnet Freight Rail / PRASA.

Africa's largest network, heavy-haul coal and iron-ore lines (Sishen–Saldanha), standard-gauge Gautrain, PRASA metropolitan services under rehabilitation.

GROUPE ARROUGÉ studies jobs in South Africa case by case: road-rail MEWPs and excavators shipped by road or sea with their certified operators, operators provided on long-distance assignment, training of local teams with AK FORMATION, as a subcontractor to French companies or in partnership with local players.

Our road-rail plant is built for 1,435 mm standard gauge; compatibility with the gauge in use in South Africa (1,067 mm Cape gauge) and approval by the infrastructure manager are confirmed during the study.

Road-rail MEWP working at night in a railway tunnel

The three main cities

Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban

Johannesburg

Park Station, Gautrain, Gauteng Metrorail network

Cape Town

Central station, Cape Town Metrorail being revived, port of Cape Town

Durban

Durban station, Africa's leading container port, coal lines to Richards Bay

Our services in South Africa

What we provide

Road-rail MEWP

Electric and diesel road-rail elevating work platforms for overhead line, tunnels, signalling and structures.

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Road-rail excavator

Road-rail excavators with track attachments: earthworks, laying and removal, handling of sleepers and rails.

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Road-rail operator

Certified drivers provided on your own machines, by day or by night.

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Rail training

AK FORMATION sessions: SECUFER, ASP, road-rail operation, overhead-line authorisations, first aid.

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Frequently asked questions

Working in South Africa

Can you work in South Africa with your road-rail plant?

Yes, subject to study: road-rail MEWPs and excavators are shipped by low-loader, container or ro-ro with their certified operators. Lead times, customs formalities and local approval are built into the quote.

Which track gauge in South Africa?

The network in South Africa uses 1,067 mm Cape gauge. Our plant is built for standard gauge; adaptation to another gauge is studied with the manufacturer before any mobilisation.

Can you train teams in South Africa?

Yes. AK FORMATION designs in-house sessions in French or English, on site in South Africa or in France: rail safety, road-rail MEWP and excavator operation, overhead-line work, first aid.

Do you work with local companies in South Africa?

Yes. We work as a subcontractor to French or European companies engaged in South Africa, and in partnership with local companies: provision of plant and operators, technical support, training.