There are 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway in Lesotho, owned and operated by South Africa. The railway is also included in statistics for that country. The only railway, built in 1905, connects Lesotho's capital Maseru's northern commercial district to Marseilles, South Africa and from there to the Bloemfontein/KwaZulu-Natal main line.[1]
As of 2008, there have been talks of building new railways to connect Lesotho to Durban and Port Elizabeth.[2]
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- ^ "Lesotho Travel Guide". World Travel Guide. http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/146/international_travel/Africa/Lesotho.html. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ "Keynote address at the African Union Rail conference by his Excellency honourable South African Minister of Transport, Mr Jeff Radebe, Johannesburg". South African Government Information. http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07112214451006.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
