The Shosholoza Meyl has fallen far from what it used to be. According to the Department of Transport in 2004/5, the Meyl operated on 15 routes with a total of 6,500 train trips that year.

THE Shosholoza Meyl, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), will run a limited return service from Johannesburg to Durban, which will offer sleeper and economy class ...