The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is the national rail operator. There are budget passenger services between major South African cities (known as Shosholoza Meyl) as well as luxury services (known as Premier Classe) between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Central Reservations (for both Shosholoza Meyl and Premier Classe) can be contacted as follows�:
From within South Africa, phone 086 000 8888 (share-call)
From outside South Africa, phone +27 11 774 4555
Email or
To book tickets, phone Central Reservations on one of the numbers given above and make your booking. You can pick up and pay for the tickets later at any train station.
There are also commuter trains in larger cities (Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London)�; these are run by MetroRail . Most services are perfectly safe, but certain routes are overcrowded and not always safe.
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