Gautrain

Saw it last week testing in centurion near the stadium
 
I would love to use the Gautrain to get to work in Midrand but it takes me 30 minutes just to drive to the Centurion station (no bus feeder in the suburb I live in) vs 45 minutes to drive to work.
We need a subway system or at the very least a feeder network that covers all of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johanneburg and the airport side - not one or two suburbs near the stations.
I also find the prices not very compelling.
 
Paul_S said:
I would love to use the Gautrain to get to work in Midrand but it takes me 30 minutes just to drive to the Centurion station (no bus feeder in the suburb I live in) vs 45 minutes to drive to work.
We need a subway system or at the very least a feeder network that covers all of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johanneburg and the airport side - not one or two suburbs near the stations.
I also find the prices not very compelling.
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Gautrain reasoning is that they do not want to "replace" the current public transport, but would rather let people use the existing public transport. So don't expect buses in the near future to your suburb.
 
maybe if all the taxis were replaced with the newer larger ones
 
KSINGH said:
maybe if all the taxis were replaced with the newer larger ones
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they tried that recapitalisation thing & it failed dismally...now the taxi owners are stuck with those toyota quantum taxis & the repayments are too high
 
Jamal said:
Time spent on the Gautrain can be used constructively, for example reading or preparing work, something which cannot be done while driving.
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Time spent travelling in the train is not enough to read even 2 pages of a book or newspaper lol, a colleague tried to boot up his laptop in the train once to do some work, by the time his 'slow' pc was up and running, it was almost time to switch off and put in back in the back again to get off.
 
Jamal said:
Time spent on the Gautrain can be used constructively, for example reading or preparing work, something which cannot be done while driving.
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Or having business conversations on your cell phone, trying to impress your fellow passengers with just how important you are :)
 
Works well if you can easily get to a from the stations...
 
I take the Gautrain daily from Rhodesfield to Sandton. I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to driving in, it's so convenient.

And I get a fair amount of reading done on the Gautrain to boot, which is something I couldn't do previously, so that's another big win.
 
Been on the Gautrain a couple of times. Its awesome and definitely a step in the right direction for SA. We can't just magically get a subway system to everywhere, it takes time. And I think they've gone about it perfectly, with operation starting from OR Tambo. Hopefully they just continue to expand and expand. I'm glad if thats the kind of thing they spend my tax on....even though its not in Durbs...yet :(
 
there are long term plans to link dbn and jhb with a high speed rail link
 
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