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Long-distance passenger rail services, meanwhile, were operated by Spoornet (now Transnet Freight Rail) under the name Shosholoza Meyl. On 1 December 2004, the South African Cabinet decided to integrate the current state-run passenger rail and bus services under one organisation which at that time was managed by the SARCC and Transnet, so as to ...
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).
Rail network in 1892 Rail network in 1906 Rail network in 1950. Construction of the first railway from Cape Town to Wellington was commenced in 1858. However the first passenger-carrying and goods service was a small line of about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) built by the Natal Railway Company, linking the town of Durban with Harbour Point, opened on 26 June 1860. [2]
Fares on the Johannesburg/Pretoria route vary according to the peak, shoulder peak and off-peak times, depending on the distance. The fare on the Gautrain Bus Link for a rail user varies from R9 during peak and R2 during off-peak times; for the midibuses, the fare is a standard R10 per trip.
A feasibility study is to be conducted into the construction of a 720 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) (standard gauge) line from Johannesburg to Durban for double-stack container trains. [ 15 ] On 2010-06-07 the Gautrain opened between Oliver R Tambo International Airport ( ORTIA ) and Sandton .
Five bus city lines, operated by Metrobus and Putco, pass through the airport twice a day. The buses are accessible in the morning and the evening, when there are many passengers departing and arriving. There are also private bus lines operating express buses to the CBD of Johannesburg, as well as other locations.
Instead they have buses and trunk and complementary routes have large stations) and taping out at the destination station/bus stop. The fee is determined according to distance traveled, approximately R5/$0.4 per kilometer. This is a cheap and affordable option competing with the minibus taxi industry.
The trains are planned to have a capacity of 350 people, composed of three different classes. [30] It is expected that trains will run every 5–10 minutes, with a total daily ridership of 720,000. [29] Currently, around 70% of daily commuters travel by foot in Kampala, while others use informal buses and taxis. [31]