1. Gautrain System from An Operator’s Perspective
Francois Levert– Service Delivery

2. The Gautrain
80 km between Pretoria and the historic center of Johannesburg, and between Sandton and OR Tambo Airport
10 stations (3 underground and 7 above ground) each of them associated with a parking (apart of ORTIA)
One Train Depot for maintenance activities at Midrand
24 Bombardier trains. Composition of the train set = 4 coaches. Can be coupled to reach 8 coaches.
Max speed: 160 km/h
Feeder system of 125 buses for 450 commercial km (36 routes departing from 8 stations) and 2 Buses maintenance depot.
Midi buses system with 6 routes, 4 Under discussion
Operating hours from 05h30 to 20h30, with headway between 10 and 30 minutes
passagers/ weekday and open 365/ year
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3. Already some constraints
Single track
Common section NS / EW
Crossing of track
Few intermediate signals
Rolling Stock
(24 sets only)
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4. Can win only if everything is connected.
Integration is the Key
Gautrain’s 3 modes of transportation:
Train
Buses
Midi Buses
Other Modes of Transportation:
Uber
Taxify
Meter Taxi/ Tuck Tuck and Drop Off
Car rentals
Can win only if everything is connected.
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5. Buses EFFICIENCY FIRST
How to make the buses more Efficient, more cost effective?
How to balance the route? Short, Long?
How many Buses allocated for each route?
Which type of bus? Long bus, short bus?
Which frequency?
CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE
How to connect Buses to Trains when degraded mode?
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6. Midibuses 2015 with 3 Routes 2016/2017 3 more Routes
More Routes to be introduced => in total 9 Routes
Why it does work?
Small
Adaptable
Convenient
Reliable
Safe
Friendly.
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7. Trains Composition of Trains – 4 Cars & 8 Cars.
Dwell Time (off peak/Peak)
Speed of Trains (off peak/Peak)
Reserve Trains – for an objective of capacity of the system – better at the depot or in service?
Position of reserve train
Associated signalling system to be enhanced ?
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8. Optimisation of Gautrain System for future stations
Where do we need to build our stations?
In City Centre?
Outside City Centres?
What about Car Park? Closed to station or away from the station?
What about Fare Gates? Do we need them?
Space Available – How can we generate income from what we own?
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9. Province development
A railway line is a lever for development of the province
BUT it is a huge cost.
Aim is to help people to move, to develop economic, to reduce pollution etc…
But only one goal = to help to the success of the Province by transporting a huge number of people per day.
Gautrain morning peak, there is a ratio of 1 fourth compared to fourth . Is it well balanced?
More and more offices in Sandton. 3 new big buildings to open soon.
What will be the future of that type of development?
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10. Communication
Strong development in term of communication to passengers
Came from a very basic minimal communication to extensive communication.
Trend is to go to a dedicated communication to each individual.
Challenge: more you give, more the customer is expecting.
People wants to know what is happening to them, not what is happening for their transport system.
What can we do for the future?
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11. Thank You. But don’t forget:
If you continue to do the same thing, we will get the same result.
We’ve got the power to change our future, it is for us to decide when we start to do it.
Thank You.
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