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Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas. It is operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and some areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the town of Krugersdorp and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality).
The Rand Tram (so named as to appease the transport riders) opened in 1890, between Johannesburg's Park station and Boksburg station. The line was subsequently extended to Brakpan and Springs, where large deposits of superior quality coal had been discovered.
M46 (Boksburg South) – M43 – R23 (cosigned) – M45 (cosigned) – M46 – R29/R51 – R555 (Everest) Boksburg South, Boksburg East Industrial, Benoni South, Rangeview Camp, Harry Gwala, Leachville, Anzac, Brakpan CBD, Huntingdon, Krugersrus, New State Areas, Rowhill, East Geduld, Petersfield, Everest
Rhodesfield to Boksburg with a station at East Rand Mall Cosmo City to Lanseria with a station at Cradle According to those studies, the preferred first extension is the first leg of the link between Marlboro and Soweto, with stations at Cosmo City, Little Falls, Randburg, and Sandton.
By 1889/1890 the stop was now called Park Halt on the Boksburg/Braamfontein line. [4]: 6 The line was run by the De Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappy (NZASM) and was known as the Rand Steam Tram which transported coal from the collieries at Boksburg to the yards at Braamfontein.
The M41 begins in Jet Park, in the far northern part of Boksburg (south of Kempton Park), at a T-junction with the M57 road (Pretoria Road). It begins by going eastwards to cross the R21 highway and reach a T-junction with Jones Road south of O. R. Tambo International Airport, near the South African Airways headquarters.
Opened on 2 February 1891, the network was operated initially by horsecars. [1] From 14 February 1906, it was converted to electrical power. [2]Beginning on 26 August 1936, the trams were gradually supplemented by the Johannesburg trolleybus system, which was opened on that day.