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From: "Steve Hayes" <>
Subject: Re: [[ZA] Passenger boats to England in 1908.]
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 06:24:11 +0200
In-Reply-To: <967HcBurx0480S18.1046637829@uwdvg018.cms.usa.net>


On 2 Mar 2003 at 15:43, Keith Meintjes wrote:

> I would imagine they travelled via Durban.
>
> Does anyone know when rail lines connecting the major South African cities
> were completed? I think the first rail connection to the coast was actually
> via Lourenco Marques, now Maputo, in Mozambique.

They were completed by the period in question. Those between Johannesburg and
the main ports were completed by the mid 1890s. I could find the exact dates
if anyone wants to know.

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