These areas are supported by a list of other areas of importance from a provincial development perspective. As the indefinite strike continues into the third day, the gautrain has expanded its limited operations and opened the rosebank station on wednesday morning. May 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message. Two children aged 12 years or under per family ride free on the gautrain airport service between december 8 and january 14. Gautengs stateoftheart 160kmh rapid rail network linking sandton to o. H atfield pretoria centurion midrand rhodesfield marlboro. Register on the site to add your gautrain card in order to access features like. The gautrain and bus patronage levels have shown consistent growth since their inception. More gautrain stations, routes planned for pretoria rekordeast. Proportion of transactions in gauteng relating to gautrain 0.
More gautrain stations, routes planned for pretoria. This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. The gautrain s bus and train services operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year. When i finally found at that a registered card could be bought and the values on the pay as you go cards refunded, i. This report seeks to understand the impact the gautrain has had in midrand, looking. Train schedule north south line east west line and or tambo service. About gautrainehind the scenes of this impressive achievement, is a station and tunnel management system stms gautrain is an 80kilometre mass rapid transit railway system in the gauteng province of south africa, which links johannesburg, pretoria and or tambo international airport. Gautrain is already running 23 of its 24 train sets at peak times to satisfy demand from 55,000 passengers who commute between the two cities.
May 18, 2015 the revisions for gautrain fares will be effective from june 1. In order to use the midibus services, you are required to purchase a ticket at the station. Buses run between 08h15 and 19h30 and depart every 45 minutes from both ends. Detailed train schedules and departure times can be accessed using the gautrain app, at any gautrain station or here. Gautrain december timetable during the following dates. The gautrain provides clean, safe and reliable transportation to almost all of pretorias major tourist attractions. Gautrain basics if you are a first time gautrain rail or bus user, you will need to purchase a gautrain gold card before using the train or bus gautrain gold cards are available at all gaurtain stations and cost r10 you must have at least r20 available on your gold card to tag in at any station or on any bus.
Gautrain announces new fares structure kempton express. Gautrain refund contradictions and misleading information. Free gautrain rides for children this festive season. We hope youll join the conversation by posting to an open topic. The bombela operating company boc which runs the gautrain, on tuesday. There were nearly 60,000 individual journeys on the gautrain per day and the number of journeys exceeded 1. Free ebooks for gautrain passengers posted on friday, 30 september 2016 in news the bridging the gap initiative will ensure that for the next 12 months, gautrain passengers will be able to download free online books from the bookboon website in the field of engineering, it, marketing, finance and entrepreneurship. H atfield pretoria centurion midrand rhodesfield marlboro o. Convenient access for mobility, sight and hearing impaired passengers. Enhanced schedule effective 01 may 2019 gautrain alerts. Living conditions of households in south africa statistics south.
The gautrain is to introduce new bus routes from the end of the month. By march 2015, the gautrain had largely met its objectives. Centurion is a metro station on the gautrain rapid transit system in centurion, gauteng. Impact of gautrain stations on property prices and sales activity in the city of johannesburg between 2006 and 2015 article pdf available september 2017 with 808 reads how we measure reads. The rosebank bus routes will also be operated during peak periods. Reloading value to your card purchasing a product check card expiry date view transaction history. Thanks to the gauteng provinces 80kilometre mass rapid transit railway system, the gautrain, its easy to travel around pretoria using only public transportation. Train schedule north south line east west line and or tambo service gautrain. Gautrain web site to download in a pdf printable format. Socioeconomic objectives in the construction of the gautrain olabode gbenga ayandibu a research report submitted to the faculty of engineering and the built environment, university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in engineering. For commuters working in centurion, the gautrain has become a very convenient and cost effective way to travel. The system which will link johannesburg, pretoria and or tambo international airport in the province. These are the new routes planned for the next phase of the.
For people on the move plan your trip, view schedules, fares and bus information and even reload your card. Gautrain has implemented various enhancements to the train schedule to provide a more convenient and comfortable service to passengers. The gautrain now offers weekend shuttle buses between sandton station and monte casino, nonstop. Gautrain gold cards may be purchased from all ticket offices and ticket vending machines at any gautrain station as well as at selected retail outlets in the vicinity of the bus routes. For uptodate timetables, it is recommended that the gautrain app be downloaded for either ios or android. According to the 2016 schedule trains are planned to arrive every 20 minutes. In addition to enhancing the schedule, the high peak fare red fare has been suspended for a trial period and depending on capacity constraints, it may be reintroduced at a later stage. During peak times trains depart at 10 minute intervals during offpeak times trains depart at 20 minute intervals. Gautrain is an 80kilometre 50mile commuter rail system in gauteng, south africa, which. Route diagram template for pictograms used, see bsiconcatalogue at wikimedia commons note. Need improvements on time schedule and destinations. Passengers responded well on various social media platforms, congratulating and thanking gautrain for the initiative. The service offers a fast, convenient, safe and efficient public transport service. Gautrain passengers can now download free online books for the next 12 months.
A onceoff card licence fee of r10 is payable when you purchase your card and cannot be refunded or transferred or used to pay for gautrain services. Commuter and airport passengers are notified that on their rail trip and time of trip, there will be an increase in fare that is in line with the consumer price index of between four and six percent. On weekends and public holidays, trains depart at 30 minute intervals. Accompanying farepaying parentsguardians are encouraged to preregister their planned trip to or tambo international airport online at. Bus route downloads gautrain for people on the move.
Gautrains 200km expansion in gauteng on the cards youtube. The gautrain lynnwood bus h11, which departs from the gautrain hatfield station, stops at the csir icc. Gautrain moves to normalise peak period operations, as. From dreams to reality barbara jensen gautrain management agency johannesburg project summary gautrain is a worldclass, modern rail network in gautengthe first of its kind in africa. Gautrain is an 80 kilometre mass rapid transit railway system in gauteng, south africa, which links johannesburg, pretoria, ekhuruleni and o. Gautrain is an 80kilometre 50mile commuter rail system in gauteng, south africa, which links johannesburg, pretoria, ekurhuleni and or tambo international airport. Gautrain ceo jack vd merwe confirmed that plans to expand the current gautrain system are in place which will see the popular rail service travel more extensively across the province.
Fares on the johannesburgpretoria route vary according to the peak, shoulder. Gautrain operating hours have been extended as of wednesday, 20 may. Ensure that your gautrain gold card is credited with enough money for your train ticket and bus fare. December timetable during the following dates gautrain will be running a special holiday timetable. Pdf impact of gautrain stations on property prices and. The bus also passes the city lodge lynnwood situated at the lynnwood bridge shopping centre and can therefore also be used to travel between the hotel and the csir icc. Gautrain bus and shuttle services are available to help passengers get to the preferred stations.
This can be seen with the development and implementation of the. Tickets cost r10 per trip, available at sandton station. In addition, centurion has four integrated feeder bus routes to highveld cen1, rooihuiskraal. The rail for sandtonmidrand and sandtonairport starts to split underground, with the split being complete by the time it gets to marlboro station. This is a routemap template for the gautrain, a railway in gauteng, south africa for information on using this template, refer to wikipedia. Read time 1min 30sec bookboon is the worlds largest online publisher of ebooks, with over 50 million downloads in 2015. From tomorrow, 20 may, trains will operate between 05h3019h00 on weekdays and 06h0019h00 on weekends. The use of the bus transport data, fare calculator and timetable services is restricted to providing real time information regarding bus travel times, fare calculator and timetable information. Gautrain services will run on a new timetable by the end of the week, the bombela concession company said on tuesday. It is estimated to have replaced about 21,300 daily car trips. The gautrain management agency gma has partnered with bookboon to make professional and business ebooks available. It takes 15 minutes to travel from sandton to or tambo international airport on the gautrain and 35 minutes from pretoria in tshwane to park. The gautrain history book provides stakeholders with a creative, easytoread overview of gautrains planning, development and.
The average weekday train usage stands at about 55,000 passengers a day and bus usage is at about 22,000 passengers a day. Everything you want to know about south africa you will find in this channel. Also nice and clear on the app, which is otherwise fairly limited. I am in possession of 4 cards that i purchased over the since the inception of the gautrain. Gautrain users wont benefit from a drop in the petrol price but even with cheaper fuel the highspeed train service still beats driving on cost. Website user guide gautrain website user guide 2017. The new timetable is designed to provide more peaktime train capacity. Although strict, the list of gautrain donts have ensured that the train maintains a reputation of a high standard, limits onboard theft and ensures that commuters are kept safe and happy. Announcing the revised fares, operations executive in the bombela concession company, errol braithwaite, said the gautrain would introduce a multitiered fare structure offering discounts of up to 30% between peak red and offpeak green train fares while commuters in an intermediate orange period will enjoy a 10% discount from the peak red fare. We speak to errol braithwaite technical executive, bombela. The impact of the gautrain station in midrand wiredspace home. The gautrain is expected to cut the amount of cars on the n1 ben schoeman highway between johannesburg and pretoria by 20%. There are so many amazing benefits to using the gautrain as a means of travel, especially with rising carbon emissions, petrol costs and road tolls.
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