Name of the Project
Gauteng Rapid Rail Integrated Network extension project (Gautrain 2).

Location
Gauteng, South Africa.

Client
Gauteng Roads and Transport Department and Gautrain Management Agency (GMA).

Project Description
The proposed expansion of the Gauteng Rail Network will add 146 km of rail to the existing Gautrain system, incorporating 19 new stations. 

The current 80 km route has ten stations.

Tshwane will secure six new stations, Ekurhuleni three and Johannesburg ten.

The expansion project, however, will be too big as one project, and indications are that it will comprise five phases:

Phase 1: Marlboro to Little Falls through Sandton, Randburg and Cosmo City.

Phase 2: Little Falls to Jabulani, Soweto, through Roodepoort.

Phase 3: Rhodesfield to the East Rand Mall and Cosmo City to Sunninghill through Fourways.

Phase 4: Samrand to Tshwane East through Irene.

Phase 5: East Rand Mall to Boksburg, Cosmo City to Lanseria and Tshwane East to Mamelodi.

Jobs to be Created
The proposed expansion of the Gautrain rail system has the capacity to create about 211 000 direct jobs.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Initial planning slates construction of the first phase to start in 2022.

Latest Developments
The feasibility study for the proposed Gauteng Rapid Rail Integrated Network Extension Plan has been completed; however, government’s sign-off on the project “is not imminent”, Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Dr Ismail Vadi has warned.

The study has concluded that the expansion project would provide “significant economic and transport related benefits” for Gauteng.

The GMA is engaging National Treasury on “additional revenue models and demand studies” for the project. The GMA also remains in talks with the national Department of Transport steering committee, as well as the Strategic Infrastructure Project 7 steering committee.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
SMEC Consortium, comprising SMEC South Africa, DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Deloitte (feasibility study).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project
GMA senior executive manager communication and marketing Dr Barbara Jensen, email barbaraj@gautrain.co.za.