The project includes the construction of a 146 km railway line between Lothair, in Mpumalanga, South Africa, and Sidvokodvo, in Swaziland, with an initial yearly capacity of 16-million tons. The project plans to span more than 280 ha in South Africa and more than 450 ha in Swaziland, with the rail link traversing 23 rivers and boasting 47 bridges, as well as 48 culverts in the mountainous region. The 146 km link will divert general freight currently being moved on the Ermelo–Richards Bay line through Swaziland, thereby increasing the capacity of South Africa’s coal channel from Mpumalanga to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), in KwaZulu-Natal, to an estimated 91-million tons.