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Ghana’s Minister of Railway Development, Hon Joe Ghartey has revealed that South Africa’s leading railway and ports company, Transnet International Holdings, will be supplying one hundred and ten (110) wagons to the Ghana Railway Company Limited by end of this year.

It also includes the supply of twenty-two (22) coaches, eight (8) locomotives; six (6) for freight to power the wagons, two (2) for the passenger service, and two power vans with first class kitchen to render first class services to passengers.

This, the Minister said, will signify a new dawn of hope for the country’s ailing railway company.

According to him, this is being made possible as a result of a partnership with South Africa’s Ministry of State Enterprises, through Transnet International Holdings.

Hon Joe Ghartey says he is upbeat about the renaissance of the railway sector of the country with the coming on board of this partnership, and is thus encouraging Ghanaians to be optimistic about government’s efforts at revamping the sector.

Hon Joe Ghartey said; “with the coming on board of Transnet, the dream of revamping the ailing rail sector of Ghana will become a reality. He said the South Africans have shown an unflinching interest in the development of the rail network of the country, and are eager to roll out action plans quickly”

Speaking to Skyy News, in Cape Town, South Africa, after an interaction with South Africa’s Minister for Public Enterprises, Minister Pravin Gordlan, Hon Joe Ghartey indicated that Transnet International Holdings and the Ghana Railway Company Limited will be collaborating on a number of interventions.

According to him, the partnership will be from the training of personnel to the provision of coaches and wagons, and the maintenance of the rail line in Ghana.

Hon Joe Ghartey said the government is on the right path to transform Ghana, adding that the President has the right vision, and the Ministry is on the right path to making it happen.

He revealed that Transnet is a wonderful partner that the Ministry of Railway Development is earnestly looking forward to doing business with, looking at the experience they wield.

“They control a 30,000 kilometer of track. We are doing, currently, about 60 kilometers, and so they have what it takes to help us,” Hon Joe Ghartey told Skyy News, in South Africa.