Comazar

Company type	Joint Stock
Industry	Railways
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Key people	Eric Peiffer Patrick Claes
Products	Railway operation
Revenue	~
Number of employees	~
Website	www.comazar.com

Comazar is a company that operates railways in Africa. Its stock is majority owned by the French investment group Bolloré. Comazar was founded by Eric Peiffer and Patrick Claes in conjunction with Transnet ( Spoornet) and Transurb Consult (a Belgian Railways subsidiary) in 1995.

The headquarters are in Johannesburg.

Related organizations

Comazar owns stock in and operates the following privately held railways:

• Camrail - Cameroon - 20 year concession from 1999.
• Sitarail Railways - Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso
• Ethiopian Railways - 25 year concession from 2006.

Comazar is also a ten percent partner in Rift Valley Railways.

Previous concessions

In addition, the company has operated railways in these countries in the past:

• Madarail - Madagascar - The concession passed through a number of hands before, in April 2022, becoming 100% owned by the government of Madagascar.

• Sizarail - Democratic Republic of the Congo - The company obtained a 5-year mandate, starting in 1996, to run the country's rail. Comazar started a commuter rail service in Lubumbashi that carried 2 mm passengers per year. Ridership had more than doubled in 2 years of operation, but the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo cancelled the company's management mandate and confiscated all assets in 1997.
• Trans Africa Railway Corporation Tanzania Ltd (TARC) - Tanzania - the company withdrew from its participation in this project in 2002, after 4 years of work. See Tanzania Railways Corporation, currently operated by Rites Consortium of India.

External links

• Comazar (in English)
• Comazar's page on MBendi

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