Grindrod was interested in participating in the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa’s) proposed R136-billion rolling stock renewal programme, said Grindrod freight services division CE Dave Rennie, according to Engineering News.
He said the JSE-listed shipping and logistics group would be keen to supply coaches, locomotives and control systems for the project, which hoped to see the first new Metrorail trains operational by 2015.
Grindrod had a rolling stock manufacturing facility in Pretoria.
