headquarters johannesburg key people eric peiffer patrick claes products railway operation revenue number of employees website http www.comazar.com comazar is a company that operates railways in africa . its stock is majority owned by the french investment group bollor . 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 edit comazar owns stock in and operates the following privately held railways camrail cameroon madarail madagascar sitarail railways c te d ivoire and burkina faso ethiopian railways 25 year concession from 2006 comazar is also a ten percent partner in the rift valley railways consortium . previous concessions edit in addition the company has operated railways in these countries in the past 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 edit comazar english language comazar s page on mbendi this african corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title comazar & oldid 647220439 categories rail transport in africacompanies of burkina fasocompanies of camerooncompanies of ivory coastcompanies of madagascarcompanies of tanzaniarailway companies of south africarailway companies established in 1995african company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view