Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Gautrain’s Sandton-airport branch has been fully operational since 8 June 2010. The stations at OR Tambo International, Marlboro and Rhodesfield are complete and operational. Feeder bus services are running to connect with trains at Sandton, Marlboro and Rhodesfield stations. Four-coach trains running until 20:30 comprise – for airport travellers – two “airport” cars whose doors [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Between Marlboro station, where the airport branch diverges from the route to Pretoria, the maintenance depot and Midrand Station, all construction works and bridge structures, including Viaduct 3 crossing Allandale Road, are complete, as are all railway installations. Midrand Depot The operations control centre, together with the train and bus depot facilities located just south [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
VIADUCT 7 The deck to the section that will carry the Gautrain lines across Nelson Mandela Boulevard is well advanced and parapet erection is in progress. Pier and trestle beam construction is finished on the remaining sections of this “Y-shaped” structure that crosses above the existing Metrorail tracks. Between Gautrain’s Pretoria and Hatfield stations, a [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
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 Construction and building work at Midrand station is [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
PARK STATION Within the station itself, internal finishes are well advanced. Mechanical and electrical works are in progress, together with the installation of escalators. Erection of structural steelwork for the entrance pavilion on the southern side of Wolmarans Street was substantially complete by the end of July and construction was proceeding with the ventilation structure [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Emergency shaft E5 (Dunkeld, Rosebank Construction of the safe haven and technical rooms at the bottom of this shaft is complete, as is the installation of the structural steelwork access structure within the shaft itself. Construction of the head-house building will commence shortly. Emergency shaft E6 (Illovo) Construction of the safe haven and technical rooms [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to reports quoting the Bombela concession company, the second phase of the Gautrain project should be largely complete by the end of 2010. This includes the lines south from Sandton to Park station, that running northwards to Pretoria, and the branch to Hatfield. Work still to be finished includes viaduct construction over the N1 [...] [...more]
Posted on 01 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
At the end of April 2010, 59% of Gautrain’s track had been laid. Altogether a total of some 150km of track is involved. [...more]
Posted on 02 May 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Emergency shafts E5 (Dunkeld, Rosebank), E6 (Illovo) and E7 (Rivonia Road, Sandton): Construction is in progress on the technical rooms at the bottom of these shafts, and also on the safe haven at the foot of Shaft E5. SANDTON STATION At 45 metres (15 storeys) below ground level, Sandton station is Gautrain’s deepest. Station construction [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 May 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Viaduct 2 over the Modderfontein Spruit and two adjacent bridges over the future Frankenwald and Maxwell Roads are complete, together with the erection of noise barriers along this section. Track and overhead electrification is operational on all three structures. Midrand Depot The administration buildings for both train and bus depots are finished and the installation [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 May 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Civil construction work is complete along the whole of this section which includes eleven bridges, three viaducts and a number of other structures, including the platforms for a future station at Modderfontein. Remaining work is limited to final finishing and landscaping in some places. VIADUCTS 13 & 14 Viaduct 13 over Centenary Way in Modderfontein [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 May 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
VIADUCT 7 The deck to the section that will carry the Gautrain lines across Nelson Mandela Boulevard is well advanced and parapet erection is in progress. Pier and trestle beam construction is finished on the remaining sections of this “Y-shaped” structure that crosses above the existing Metrorail tracks. Between Gautrain’s Pretoria and Hatfield stations, a [...] [...more]
