Phuluwa, Humbulani SimonDaniyan, IlesanmiMpofu, Khumbulani2025-03-032025-03-032020-01-012212-8271 (E)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.02.117https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14519/1424Rail industry across the globe is growing exponentially since the days of rail inception into African transportation systems. Freight and passenger trains contribute a greater proportion to rail industry commercial structures. The passenger trains are a mode of transport for both poor and rich people in Africa. Due to the lack of appropriate end-of-life (Eol) recovering strategies of the train’s components, most components are relegated to landfills. Most African countries including South Africa have been importing trains for many years, primarily from Europe and Asia. Some of these trains have reached or are reaching Eol soon, which makes it difficult for countries to develop or have appropriate mechanisms or technologies of recovering Eol components. Moreover, lack of train manufacturing plants in some of African countries create a vacuum in recovering Eol components of the trains. This study will review various literature on train life cycle management system and end-of-life recovery strategies applied across the globe. The study further looks at different circular economy modalities, which can be best suited for the African environment. The novelty of this study is in a demanufacturing operation framework that is flexible on recovering complex Eol railcar components in the African region. The study will use a case study of Africa against the globe to assess the readiness of countries to gain benefits of circular economy. The study intends to develop a sustainable demanufacturing based conceptual model to promote circular economy.25-30 PagesenAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/DemanufacturingCircular economiyRail industryArticle