Aquila ka Hecate
Executive Member
Try riding the bus way off-peak; you feel like hanging on to the metal poles for dear life, sometimes.
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Can I rely on Gautrain for work?
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Try riding the bus way off-peak; you feel like hanging on to the metal poles for dear life, sometimes.
grok
Honorary Master
It's all very reliable, unless the train has a 50min delay due to stolen cables or the buses aren't running due to some strike.
Welcome to Africa..
Welcome to Africa..
pinball wizard
Honorary Master
The gautrain parking there is as safe there as any other gautrain site.
Brieuse
Expert Member
Another day, another Gautrain cable theft incident.
Unfortunately what could have been a world class transport system has been taken to ransom by the the very people it employed .
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
Another day, another delay.
grok
Honorary Master
This has become such a regular thing nobody's even complaining anymore..
Messugga
Honorary Master
Yep. Pretty much every Monday morning there are delays.
powermzii
Expert Member
Such a sad state of affairs, I'd much rather train than drive but....
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
If I could do 6-3, I would definitely rather drive.
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
Get to Sandton station... bus depot's been blocked off. Have to ****ing Uber @R60 to get here. R60 back this afternoon. If I had known this beforehand I would've taken the car.
Aquila ka Hecate
Executive Member
I took the car anyway this morning; this is South Africa and we don't do namby-pamby strike actions.
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
I took the car anyway this morning; this is South Africa and we don't do namby-pamby strike actions.
Would've taken the car as well had I been able to read the future. But obviously we had no idea that the buses would be affected before getting on. Every notice/mail indicated that buses would be operating as normal.
Messugga
Honorary Master
It's apparently striking workers who are preventing busses from leaving depots.
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
Yes.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
As is to be expected in SA...
Aquila ka Hecate
Executive Member
Although early communications from Gautrain seemed to indicate that buses would be operating, the wording of their "contingency plan", when it finally emerged late afternoon Sunday, left some doubt as to what they actually meant.
I followed the questions and answers which followed on social media, and it clarified that only peak hour buses were going to be running.
Since I take off-peak, mostly to avoid being squashed, I decided to Peugot it instead.
I didn't actually foresee the blockade of the buses, although we could've expected it I suppose.
I followed the questions and answers which followed on social media, and it clarified that only peak hour buses were going to be running.
Since I take off-peak, mostly to avoid being squashed, I decided to Peugot it instead.
I didn't actually foresee the blockade of the buses, although we could've expected it I suppose.
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Aquila ka Hecate
Executive Member
Now being told that due to interference from striking workers, there will be no buses at all from Sandton at any time today.
