Paper presented at the 21st Annual South African Transport Conference 15 - 18 July 2002 "Towards building capacity and accelerating delivery", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.
In view of the proposed Gautrain Project, the High Speed Line South Project (HSL-South),
currently underway in The Netherlands, offers a tremendous opportunity to learn from the
experience of others in the execution of complex rail transport projects. This article seeks to draw out a number of key elements, lessons and pointers for future PPP transactions of this kind.