There were many times when Gautrain kept Mr Neüsel Klee awake at night. He worried about the materials to use for that unique design of the Gautrain nose. He also worried about the bogeys, fabric for the seats, and the gold body paint. Although it is only a model, everything had to be perfect and according to scale. “Remember, I mostly relied on photos of the Gautrain to draw up my plans. When I started building the model, the real train was not even...

Gautrain bus operating company, Mega Express, has come to an agreement with its drivers, ending the one-day strike which disrupted the Gautrain bus service on Tuesday. From tomorrow, 18th August 2010, the full Gautrain bus fleet will resume its normal operations on all designated routes. The Gautrain train service was not affected by the strike and will continue to operate normally. Gautrain sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to customers as a result of...

Last weekend Gautrain was delighted to welcome approximately 40,000 passengers onto the system. To accommodate these customers additional trains running at 8 to 10 minute intervals (instead of the normal Weekend Service interval of one train every 30 minutes) were inserted. Passengers are advised that this weekend (the 19th and 20th June) the Gautrain will operate it’s normal Weekend Schedule with trains every 30 minutes only. This will allow us to implement some...

On it’s first weekend of operations after opening the system last Tuesday, the Gautrain was overwhelmed by the public take-up of it’s services. A tsunami of about 40,000 passengers (several times the predicted volumes) was carried on Saturday and Sunday as many Gautengers used it for a fun family outing. Along with airport travelers and the added demand of World Cup passengers, this inevitably resulted in long queues at stations and long waits for trains. To...

The Bombela Concession Company has today thanked the public, particularly Gauteng residents for their unwavering support on the first day of Gautrain’s operations. Bombela CEO, Jerome Govender said that the service operated generally smoothly with the trains operating at 96.7% punctuality and 100% availability. The first trains departed Sandton Station on time at 05:24, and the OR Tambo International Airport on time at 05:30. Trains during the first hour of...

This afternoon 07 June 2010, the Gautrain’s Independent Certifier (IC), Arup, issued a certificate for operations commencement confirming that Bombela has met all its contractual obligations to operate the Gautrain as from the accelerated completion date of 08 June 2010. Arup Project Director for the Gautrain Independent Certifier Team, Ric Snowden, says: “It is wonderful to finally see this project come to life and a privilege to have been part of such an...

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane addressed guests at Gautrain’s Commencement of Operations event on Saturday 05 June 2010. “Gautrain is a foremost enabler of economic growth that translates into decent work and improved living standards. As can be seen through the construction of Gautrain, Gauteng continues to utilise and promote labour intensive methods in all our public infrastructure development projects to maximise job creation,” said Premier...