History of rail transport in Lesotho

[1] Within Lesotho, it was 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) long, from the Caledon River / Mohokare border bridge to the station at Maseru.

Lesotho has few natural resources and relies heavily on large-scale export of labour to South Africa.

During the 1970s, there was a substantial increase in wages at the mines, and this led to a growth in border passenger traffic, as workers were able to afford to come home more frequently.

As of 2011, there were two freight trains every day, making up about one third of Lesotho’s international trade in bulk goods.

These facilities were owned by the government and leased to the South African rail company, Spoornet, which was the railway's operator.