VIADUCT 3
North of the depot, Viaduct 3 over Allandale Road and the adjacent bridge over the future K60 road are both complete, as are all other bridges, construction works and railway installations up to Dale Road in Midrand, with only minor finishing works outstanding.

MIDRAND STATION
At Midrand, station building work is well advanced. Roof cladding to the platforms is substantially complete and is in progress above the concourse. Interior tiling and finishing works continue, together with M&E installations. Platforms are substantially complete and tracklaying is in progress.

Retaining walls, earthworks and drainage for the parking areas are well advanced and layerworks and surfacing continue.

From the Midrand area northwards, civil construction up to the Technopark area at Centurion is approaching completion. Drainage, layer works, duct installation, noise barriers and fencing continue. All these works are well advanced along extended lengths of the alignment. Catenary masts have bee erected and tracklaying is progressing northwards from Midrand Station.

VIADUCT 4
Viaduct 4, which crosses Rietspruit and Olifantsfontein Road South, is complete.

CENTURION AREA
VIADUCT 5 OVER THE N1 & BEN SCHOEMAN
Viaduct 5 carries the elevated line through Centurion, forming the link between the balanced cantilever viaducts crossing the N1 highway at John Vorster interchange in the south and the Ben Schoeman highway at the Jean Avenue interchange in the north. It supports the elevated Centurion station platforms, located approximately midway along its length. The deck spans of this viaduct comprise precast concrete segments, erected using purpose-built steel launching girders and then stressed together to form the deck spans.

During January 2010, the final span at the southern end of Viaduct 5c was completed, linking this to the balanced cantilever viaduct at John Vorster interchange. At the northern end of Viaduct 5c, where construction of the two remaining piers is in progress, erection of the ten remaining deck spans will continue once these piers have been completed.

Construction of supporting piers and abutments at both the John Vorster and Jean Avenue balanced cantilever viaducts is complete. Work on the in-situ balanced cantilever deck sections on top of the piers at each of these viaducts is in progress.

CENTURION STATION
The elevated Centurion station platforms are located on Viaduct 5, immediately adjacent and parallel to West Street. The concourse buildings and parking area are at ground level. The viaduct piers and deck spans on which the station platforms are being constructed have been completed.

Erection of the precast platforms and parapets on the viaduct is finished and platform roof cladding is well advanced. Station building works, platform access stairs and lift shaft construction are all substantially complete. The structural steel curtain-wall framing to the concourse area is
in progress. Finishing trades within the concourse have commenced, while mechanical and electrical installations inside the technical rooms continue. Earthworks and dynamic compaction of the parking area are in hand and layer works are in progress.

VIADUCT 6 OVER EEUFEES ROAD
At Viaduct 6, piling at the southern abutment is in hand, and four of the six deck spans have been completed.

SALVOKOP AND PRETORIA
Near Salvokop at the approach to Pretoria, construction of the cut-and-cover structure crossing beneath the Ben Schoeman highway is complete.

PRETORIA STATION
Concrete and building works at Pretoria station are well advanced, with work on the associated technical and operational facilities in progress. Internal finishing work continues. Platform construction is finished. The platform and concourse roof cladding is substantially complete. Curtain wall framing and glazing are approaching completion. Mechanical and electrical installations have commenced. Parking area construction has started in the area formerly occupied by the McCarthy building, which has been demolished. Refurbishing of the coach washing shed, which has historic significance, is to commence shortly.

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