THE MEYL

Two in One

Merge the Post and Main line passenger rail. That way, we can revive both. It does not matter that the government did not declare a monopoly for SAPO for items under 1kg, because carrying both passengers and mail is something that couriers will not be able to compete with.

• They won’t get a licence for it, and
• Mail and mainline passenger trains go together - always did, always will.

How to get started

1. Manufacture railcars in South Africa. We did that, too, a century ago.
2. Configure them as backpacker and parcel trains
3. Start with one outward trip per week, returning mid week. Getting mail reliably every week beats getting mail sometimes or never
4. Minibuses lie idle every for hours between rush hours, so contract minibuses to do last mile bulk delivery between post offices and rail