Gautrain planning more affordable tickets for certain groups

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Gautrain planning more affordable tickets for certain groups

Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) chief operating officer Victor Shange said that the Gautrain could soon be offering more affordable tickets for specific users.

MyBroadband recently spoke to Shange for more details about the Phase 2 expansion of the Gautrain network to around triple its current size.

 

[genetic]

I'm all for expanding the Gautrain. I absolutely love it. Use it all the time when I'm up in JHB for work.

 

[DapperDanMan]

RACISTS!!!

Edit: Oh wait ...

 

[genetic]

RACISTS!!!

Edit: Oh wait ...

 

[The_MAC]

This phase will take the Gautrain to another level, just connecting Fourways and Boksburg alone is great

 

[AntennaMan]

Connecting Randburg to Sandton will make a massive difference. It will be amazing if they can take over a part of the Republic Road and Conrad Drive commuters.

 

[gotaway]

Just connect Soweto to Sandton. Then I’ll have a gautrain about 40minutes from home to get to my occasional work from office day

 

[obs]

Just connect Soweto to Sandton. Then I’ll have a gautrain about 40minutes from home to get to my occasional work from office day

The could have just continued boring from JHB to Soweto.

 

[neoprema]

The Automobile Association should focus on automobiles and stop interfering in other services. lol.

I use Gautrain a lot, it works well. If it expanded that would be even more awesome.

 

[epah]

All of this sounds great but in reality all this means is that there will now be muggings, pickpocketings, littering, vandalism and plenty other unsavoury stuff happening on the Gautrain. The service and experience will tank.

Let the riff raff in and it’s a downward slope, people who are currently using the Gautrain now will eventually stop and find other alternatives.

You guys know exactly what I am talking about but maybe we are not ready for this conversation.

 

[genetic]

Connecting Randburg to Sandton will make a massive difference. It will be amazing if they can take over a part of the Republic Road and Conrad Drive commuters.

Having a Randburg stop would be amazing!! Honestly, the Gautrain is one of the few transport successes we've seen in SA that actually works. Everyone said it would be a white elephant, but the train is packed daily. Just wish they had more routes from the get-go.

 

[genetic]

All of this sounds great but in reality all this means is that there will now be muggings, pickpocketings, littering, vandalism and plenty other unsavoury stuff happening on the Gautrain. The service and experience will tank.

Let the riff raff in and it’s a downward slope, people who are currently using the Gautrain now will eventually stop and find other alternatives.

You guys know exactly what I am talking about but maybe we are not ready for this conversation.

Huh? Have you even been on the Gautrain?

 

[epah]

Huh? Have you even been on the Gautrain?

Yap. You will remember my words once these routes are fully operational.

 

[genetic]

Yap. You will remember my words once these routes are fully operational.

Just because the route will cross a less affluent area means nothing. I use the MyCity rapid bus service here in Cape Town all the time too - It's probably the best example of public transport infrastructure in SA, and I've never ever experienced pickpocketing, vandalism, robberies or harassment.

Get out of your own ass. Most people just want to get to work and back, and if there is a more efficient public transport service that can offer them that, then I'm all for that.

 

[epah]

Just because the route will cross a less affluent area means nothing. I use the MyCity rapid bus service here in Cape Town all the time too - It's probably the best example of public transport infrastructure in SA, and I've never ever experienced pickpocketing, vandalism, robberies or harassment.

Get out of your own ass. Most people just want to get to work and back, and if there is a more efficient public transport service that can offer them that, then I'm all for that.

Like I said, we are not ready for this conversation.

 

[Heisenborg]

All of this sounds great but in reality all this means is that there will now be muggings, pickpocketings, littering, vandalism and plenty other unsavoury stuff happening on the Gautrain. The service and experience will tank.

Let the riff raff in and it’s a downward slope, people who are currently using the Gautrain now will eventually stop and find other alternatives.

You guys know exactly what I am talking about but maybe we are not ready for this conversation.

You need help

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Is there now a large bulls eye on the Gautrain? Taxi association/alliance/mafia doesn't like their clientele being poached.

 

[wingnut771]

What’s the price difference between a minibus taxi and gautrain?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

One thing I never understood, is why did JHB never build a subway system like every other major city in the world?

The Gautrain to me seems like something that should have been built long ago, especially with how JHB grew.

Not like it was hard or anything, plenty of mines in JHB, plenty of engineers, and construction equipment.


Just never got built, and all it took was a world cup to finally get the rusty wheels of government turning.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

What’s the price difference between a minibus taxi and gautrain?

in a taxi your life flashes before your eyes, on the Gautrain, your money flashes off your account, as you use your bank card.