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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Gautrain tracklaying reaches halfway mark
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By: Irma Venter
12th February 2010
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Nearly 50% of the Gautrain rapid-rail link's 150 km of track had been laid by the end of January.

All the train depot facilities, including the maintenance workshops, the train system administration buildings and operations control centre, are already completed and operational.

The control centre is set to be the heartbeat of the train system, and will house the  signalling, telecommunications, automatic fare collection, traction power and overhead distribution, closed-circuit television cameras and maintenance capacities.

The R25,4-billion rail project will start full system trial operations on the first phase section between Sandton station and the OR Tambo International Airport in March.

The operator, Bombela, is expected to complete its ten-week trial run for this section in May.

Although the contractual completion date for the first phase is June 27, Bombela and the client – the Gauteng provincial government – aim for it to be wrapped up by May 27, so that it will be finished in time for the World Cup kick-off in June.

Complete area integration testing will already take place this month.

The OR Tambo International Airport station, Rhodesfield, Marlboro and Sandton stations, which all form part of phase one, should all be largely completed and operational before the end of May.

As for rolling stock, sub-assembly for the rail cars delivered from Derby, in the UK, to Nigel here in South Africa, is expected to be completed by February.

By the end of January, 49 of the 96 rail cars had been delivered to the depot. This equates to 12 complete four-car trains.

The last rolling stock four-car unit is expected to be completed for final acceptance testing by June.

The remainder of the 80 km route – phase two – which includes the line north to Tshwane and the line south to Park station, in Johannesburg, is scheduled for completion in 2011.

Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter
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PARK STATION At the underground station, the roof slab, concourse slab and the platforms are all nearly complete. Internal brickwork and plastering are well advanced at concourse and platform levels. Wall tiling and mechanical and electrical installations are ongoing. At the parkade structure, three of the six levels of deck slabs have been cast
 
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PARK STATION At the underground station, the roof slab, concourse slab and the platforms are all nearly complete. Internal brickwork and plastering are well advanced at concourse and platform levels. Wall tiling and mechanical and electrical installations are ongoing. At the parkade structure, three of the six levels of deck slabs have been cast
ROSEBANK STATION Backfilling over the station top slab and the adjacent cut and cover at the northern end is in progress. Reinstatement of Oxford road above the station structure will follow in the next few months. Platform structures, brickwork and plastering are all substantially complete, and painting and plumbing at both platform and concourse levels are well advanced. Wall tiling within the station is ongoing. Elevators have been positioned within the station box and mechanical and electrical installations are in progress
 
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Picture by: Gautrain
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Picture by: Gautrain
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Picture by: Gautrain
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HATFIELD STATION Structural works for the concourse slab being constructed over the future platforms are progressing well, as does construction of the adjacent parkade structure, where most of the final eighth level deck had been cast by the end of January. Between Pretoria station and Hatfield station, a number of bridges crossing the existing railway line require to either be widened or lengthened to accommodate the adjacent Gautrain tracks. Whilst most of these bridges have already been completed and reopened to traffic, works on the remaining structures are ongoing
 
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