{"id":649938,"date":"2026-05-27T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=649938"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:59:59","slug":"gautrain-e-hailing-app-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/government\/649938-gautrain-e-hailing-app-concept.html","title":{"rendered":"Gautrain e-hailing app concept"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Gautrain said its e-hailing platform, “Gau Express,” was still in an extremely early phase of development and will not launch in the next five months as previously reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Gautrain Management Agency spokesperson told MyBroadband that the company could not provide salient details about the e-hailing platform because a full proposal had not yet been finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes after Tshepo Kgobe, CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA), told News24 that they planned to launch e-hailing services<\/a> in the Gautrain app by October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband contacted Gautrain to enquire about the platform’s cost to taxpayers and to obtain more information about the planned launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The project is still embryonic and at a conceptual stage,” explained Albi Modise, the GMA senior executive manager for communication and marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was despite Kgobe reportedly providing extensive details about how the service would work, including that it would be integrated with Gautrain’s existing partnerships with cabs and minibus taxis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had also told News24 that customers who used the Gautrain would receive discounted fares when they hail Gau Express vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband asked the Gautrain to provide more details about these partnerships, which residential areas would receive access first, and how it would compete against incumbents like Uber and Bolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modise said that due to the lack of a finalised proposal for the platform, it would not be possible to provide answers to these questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Consequently, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to respond to the questions raised,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modise indicated that the company would provide answers to our queries once the proposal for Gau Express had been finalised and stakeholders had been presented with the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the Gautrain system’s 19\u00bd-year concession agreement with the Bombela Concession Company came to an end<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of the concession meant that the Gautrain was now fully state-owned. However, Gauteng soon announced that it was seeking a new concessionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, the Bombela Concession Company would continue operating the rails for the six months following the end of the concession agreement under a transitional agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business as usual for Gautrain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng Premier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Passengers were assured that the transport system’s services would continue without interruption despite the imminent exit of the Bombela Concession Company (BCC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The conclusion of the BCC concession marks the end of an era and a proud moment for Gautrain,” said Kgobe in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As we enter this transitional phase, our priority remains to deliver uninterrupted, world-class service while preparing for a seamless handover to the next concessionaire.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gautrain Management Agency estimated that since its establishment in 2010, the Gautrain transport system contributed R46 billion in economic value to the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said that for every rand invested, R1.72 was returned to the province. Additionally, around 235,000 jobs were created through the property development around stations alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency added that since its launch, approximately 59% of all major office development in the province has clustered around Gautrain nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That month, the company announced plans to extend the Gautrain beyond existing stations in an expansion pencilled in to take place across the next 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expansion would establish new stations in Soweto, Roodepoort, Cosmo City, Samrand, Fourways, Sunninghill and Olievenhoutbosch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of this extension would involve the building of around 44km of underground tunnels beneath the province and 7km of above-ground bridge-like structures called viaducts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi lauded the end of the private partnership concession at the time and said that it meant the R52 billion asset was now in the province’s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our task is to maintain it, and it is in this context that we are maximising this investment for the next 15 years,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gautrain Management Agency has walked back remarks reportedly made by its CEO, Tshepo Kgobe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341213,"featured_media":649951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18668],"tags":[28045,103583,63589,99124,105404,8231,105499,100036,4916,94813],"class_list":["post-649938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-albi-modise","tag-bombela-concession-company-bcc","tag-e-hailing","tag-e-hailing-app","tag-gau-express","tag-gautrain","tag-gautrain-app","tag-gautrain-management-agency","tag-panyaza-lesufi","tag-tshepo-kgobe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649938"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650041,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649938\/revisions\/650041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}