Central South African Railways

{{Short description|Railway operator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2017}} [[File:Central South African Railways map 1910.svg|thumb|right|350px|Rail network of the Central South African Railways in 1910, immediately before the creation of the [[Union of South Africa]]]] The '''Central South African Railways''' ('''CSAR''') was from 1902 to 1910 the operator of public railways in the [[Transvaal Colony]] and [[Orange River Colony]] in what is now [[South Africa]]. During the [[Anglo-Boer War]], as British forces moved into the territory of the [[Orange Free State]] and the [[South African Republic]], the [[Orange Free State Government Railways]], the [[Netherlands-South African Railway Company]] and the [[Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway]] were taken over by the Imperial Military Railways under Lieutenant-Colonel Sir [[Percy Girouard]].

After the war had ended, the Imperial Military Railways became the Central South African Railways in July 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence - The Peace - Progress of the Settlement|date=7 July 1902 |page=5 |issue=36813}}</ref> with Thomas Rees Price as general manager.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence - The Railway administration|date=12 August 1902 |page=3 |issue=36844}}</ref> With the creation of the [[Union of South Africa]] in 1910, the CSAR was merged with the [[Cape Government Railways]] and the [[Natal Government Railways]] to form the '''South African Railways''', which is now [[Transnet Freight Rail]].

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==Further reading== * {{cite book|last=Rattigan|first=William Henry|title=The Netherlands South African railway question from the point of view of international law|year=1901|publisher=Wildy and Sons|location=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/netherlandssout00rattgoog#page/n4/mode/2up}} {{Authority control}}

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