The Trans Karoo Express, or simply Trans Karoo, was a South African express passenger train service

which travelled an approximately 1,600-kilometre (990 mi) journey between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

It operated daily in each direction, meaning that there were in fact two Trans Karoos - they passed each

other during the night, heading in opposite directions. The service was later operated by Spoornet, the national railway company.

The Trans Karoo was named from the Great Karoo scrubland, one of the most extensive

geographical features of southern Africa, across which the train operated.