Gautrain stations to get significant upgrades

[Luis]

Gautrain stations to get significant upgrades

Gauteng MEC for roads and transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has revealed ambitious upgrade plans for Gautrain stations across the province.

Speaking to SABC News amid the Gautrain's 16th birthday celebration, she said upgrade plans included smart licensing centres and day care centres for children.

 

[Skerminkel]

Licensing centres for what? Driving (that would be somewhat ironic)? Television? Rifles? Water use?

 

[Fuzzbox]

Just a TENDER for the CADRES.

Fix the potholes first you CLOWNS.

Nothing wrong with the stations

 

[wingnut771]

Is this just for the rich people?

 

[mpdjhb]

Licensing centres for what? Driving (that would be somewhat ironic)? Television? Rifles? Water use?

the DLTC at the Gautrain depots are absolutely world class - I feel the need to say that is not sarcasm.
went to the sandton one - it was like the inside of a Premier Banking client facility. I was stunned. It was more efficient than my last trip to a "private bank".

 

[mpdjhb]

Maybe they can fix the godawful Sandton station - I have no idea what is going on. The one donut place has been running off a set of noisy generators for over a year now. The inside of the station parking where the "food" stands are looks like something out of Mad Max.
Please do better.

 

[Nerfherder]

Licensing centres for what? Driving (that would be somewhat ironic)? Television? Rifles? Water use?

Not Ironic at all.... they have parking lots don't they ?

Best way to travel those long distances is to park and use the train.

 

[Nerfherder]

Maybe they can fix the godawful Sandton station - I have no idea what is going on. The one donut place has been running off a set of noisy generators for over a year now. The inside of the station parking where the "food" stands are looks like something out of Mad Max.
Please do better.

Need to sort out Marlboro station or close it down.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Lot of money being spent on a system that has never broken even, let alone made a profit.

 

[GMAN03]

Lot of money being spent on a system that has never broken even, let alone made a profit.

Why should it break even or make a profit? Do the roads?

 

[wingnut771]

Why should it break even or make a profit? Do the roads?

Why dont the gautrains cost R9 like the new prassa trains do?

 

[GMAN03]

Why dont the gautrains cost R9 like the new prassa trains do?

I can’t comment on the business model. I simply disagree with the sentiment that transportation infrastructure has to be a profit making endeavour.

 

[Hemi300c]

Looking for her payday.

 

[charlieharper]

I can’t comment on the business model. I simply disagree with the sentiment that transportation infrastructure has to be a profit making endeavour.

I believe it needs to make an honest desire to profit else there's no incentive to keep maintaining and upgrading.
Tax money should be used as an up front "investment" - not a bailouts else its just free money to tendaaas with no desire to do a decent job.

 

[wingnut771]

I believe it needs to make an honest desire to profit else there's no incentive to keep maintaining and upgrading.
Tax money should be used as an up front "investment" - not a bailouts else its just free money to tendaaas with no desire to do a decent job.

Why is it 30 times more expensive than prassa?



I'll tell you why. Gautrain is a vanity project.

 

[charlieharper]

Why is it 30 times more expensive than prassa?
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I'll tell you why. Gautrain is a vanity project.

I'm not defending it - just saying if there's no true incentive it's gonna go to ****.

I agree, it's very expensive - even compared to trains in Europe and East Asia.

But still they should be profitable to function well! (from AI)

Tokyo subways are highly profitableFor instance, Tokyo Metro operates with robust profit margins, often generating net incomes between ¥350 billion and ¥500+ billion ($2.3M - $3.4M equivalent) prior to recent ridership normalization, and routinely exceeding ¥76 billion in annual operating profits.

 

[Crowley]

Why is it 30 times more expensive than prassa?
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I'll tell you why. Gautrain is a vanity project.

Have you ever used the Gautrain?

It is clean, safe and fast. All the things Metrorail isn't. Well worth the price.

 

[rustypup]

I, for one, am shocked - SHOCKED - that we still have semi-functional stations. Or trains.

These rocket scientists haven't figured out that maintenance costs a lot less than repair?

 

[wingnut771]

Have you ever used the Gautrain?

It is clean, safe and fast. All the things Metrorail isn't. Well worth the price.

Yes I have. Have you seen the new prassa trains and stations after they were destroyed.

Like I said, gautrain is for rich people. A vanity project from soccer World Cup days.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Why should it break even or make a profit? Do the roads?

Because it was a vanity project that was never meant for the common man on the street.