Gautrain
Gautrain is a public private partnership, with the Gauteng provincial government owning the assets; the private company operates the service for them (including collecting fares). Gautrain offer a premium train service in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, in particular for those using OR Tambo International Airport, allowing one to avoid Ubering/car rental and traffic jams on the road network.
Student discount
Click here to see whether you can access a student discount.
Book a ride
You cannot use the Gautrain unless you have a Gautrain card with a minimum amount of money on it (R34 at the time of writing). Your choices are to:
- Purchase tickets between selected stations. Either:
- one single trip, which must be used within 3 years of purchase. Use it or lose it!
- one return trip, which must be used within 31 days of activation, and must be activated within 7 days of purchase. Use it or lose it!
- you can purchase a weekly ticket, which gives you 10 single trips between the selected stations which must be used within 10 days of activation (and must be activated within 7 days of purchase). Use it or lose it!
- a monthly ticket gives you 44 single trips between your selected stations, must be used within 44 days of activating, and must be activated within 7 days of purchase. Use it or lose it!
- Load money onto the card. In this case the fare will be deducted each time you tag your Gautrain card when you leave.
Click here to make a booking.
Email for help: info@gautrain.co.za or enquiries@gautrain.co.za
Phone number for help: +27-80042887246 or +27-800-GAUTRAIN
When communicating with the Gautrain, don't be surprised to see an email from the Bombela Operating Company, e.g. CSD@bombelaop.co.za - Bombela runs the operations for the Gautrain and maintains its infrastructure.
Route expansion
They are busy expanding their network - watch this video:.
Gautrain Station at OR Tambo -
Daily commute on Gautrain
17 March 2012. I stumbled across a blog entry from a chap who does a daily commute on the Gautrain, from Centurion to Sandton. He mentions how the train has grown in popularity & got so full recently that "passengers cramp in the entry- and walkways" (sounds much like London's tubes in the morning), but that the air conditioning cant keep up.
Inaugural Gautrain trip
8 June 2010. The inaugural Gautrain trip from O.R. Tambo International to Sandton costs R100, with Rhodesfield and Marlboro stations being operational. Parking at any station costs R9.50 for the first 24 hours. Commuters can access all services using the Gautrain Gold Card smart card, cash will not be accepted for passage on the buses or trains or at the parking exit gates.
The Gautrain Management Agency operates Gautrain.
In the original contract signed on the 28th September 2006, the Bombela Concession Company was tasked with finishing the first phase on the 27th June 2010. The Bombela Concession Company comprises Bombardier, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Murray & Roberts and Strategic Partners Group. In November 2009, Bombela requested R1.3bn to bring forward the completion date by one month (in order to finish before the Fifa World Cup), but the Gauteng province turned this request down.
Gautrain jobs
Phone +27-11-086-3557 / 3608
Email recruitment@gautrain.co.za or:
- recruittech@gautrain.co.za if you're a techie.
- recruitict@gautrain.co.za for a job in information, communication & tech
- recruitcorp@gautrain.co.za if you want to work in human resouces
- recruitfin@gautrain.co.za if you've got a financial qualification
- recruitlegal@gautrain.co.za if you have a legal qualification
- recruitmarkcomm@gautrain.co.za for a job in marketing and comms
Click here to see a list of jobs available for professionals.
Click here to see a list of jobs available for graduates.
History
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2008 Building phase
Here's some photos I took on the 10th August 2008, after catching a flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The photos show the construction of the Gautrain rail and the station going into Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport.
In the following photo you can see the bridge which is being built for the Gautrain over the R21 road.
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2006. Agreement is reached that the Bombela Concession Company will design , construct and maintain the Gautrain over a 19.5 years concession. The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) Act creates the GMA to manage the concession; the GMA is a PFMA Schedule 3C agency.
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1984 - the Metrobliz is launched
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