Garden Route hopes to get 'Choo Tjoe' back on track

According to Tammy Evans, spokeswoman for the provincial tourism department, stakeholders are very eager to see The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe resuming service "because it is very important for our heritage and the tourism industry in the area," she says, "[w]e have asked to take it over when it closed. We want the line, and we want the train as well." The cost of reviving the line are estimated at around R200 million - excluding the cost of renovations to the train itself.

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