GAUTRAIN CELEBRATES ONE MILLION PASSENGERS
The Gautrain has today celebrated carrying one-million train passengers since opening Phase 1 of the project on the 8th of June 2010. Today’s celebration centered around Ms Ulindi Krull from Reiger Park who is a regular commuter from Rhodesfield to Marlboro stations. Mrs Krull, who expressed her delight with the ease and speed of commuting by Gautrain was presented with a complimentary weekend...
Read MoreGAUTRAIN PLANTS THE FIRST TREE AT ALEX SCHOOL
A fever tree was the first tree to be planted at Gordon Primary School in Alexandra. The school was opened only a few months ago which made arbour month celebrations on 17 September even more special. Other trees that were planted included wild olive trees and Cape holly trees. Gautrain was joined by local community NGOs Thusong and Hlumelelisa who help parolees to find work and integrate into...
Read MoreGAUTRAIN’S LITTLE SISTER
There were many times when Gautrain kept Mr Neüsel Klee awake at night. He worried about the materials to use for that unique design of the Gautrain nose. He also worried about the bogeys, fabric for the seats, and the gold body paint. Although it is only a model, everything had to be perfect and according to scale. “Remember, I mostly relied on photos of the Gautrain to draw up my...
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Construction Update
- CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – JUNE AND JULY August 26, 2011A) CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND THE START OF PHASE 2 OPERATIONS On 02 August 2011 the second phase of the Gautrain System – the route linking Rosebank Station in Johannesburg to Hatfield Station in Tshwane – was opened for commercial service. This follows the initial launch of Gautrain services on 08 June 2010, just three days […]
