A MONTHLY return ticket on the Gautrain between Hatfield, in Pretoria, and Park Station, in Johannesburg, will cost R1716, provincial authorities said yesterday.
"They (tickets) are sufficiently price attractive to create a substantial shift from private car use to public transport in the form of the Gautrain," Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi said in announcing the fares.
When the Gautrain was fully operational - probably in July - it would cost R105 to travel one way to the OR Tambo International Airport from Sandton, R125 from Pretoria, and R115 from Park Station.
A weekly ticket between Park Station and Hatfield would cost R430 and a one-way ticket between Pretoria and Johannesburg R49.
Monthly ticket holders would get a 20percent discount and weekly ticket holders a 10percent discount, said Vadi, who expected that most people would buy monthly tickets.
He said the price was competitive when compared to other modes of public transport.
The first phase of the 80km Gautrain was opened in June last year, just before the soccer World Cup.
Vadi said commuters would pay R10 a day to park at stations if they were using the Gautrain and R80 a day if they were not.
Gautrain Project CEO Jack van der Merwe said about 2000 permanent jobs were expected to be created when it became fully operational.
Transport MEC announces Gautrain fares
A MONTHLY return ticket on the Gautrain between Hatfield, in Pretoria, and Park Station, in Johannesburg, will cost R1716, provincial authorities said yesterday.
"They (tickets) are sufficiently price attractive to create a substantial shift from private car use to public transport in the form of the Gautrain," Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi said in announcing the fares.
When the Gautrain was fully operational - probably in July - it would cost R105 to travel one way to the OR Tambo International Airport from Sandton, R125 from Pretoria, and R115 from Park Station.
A weekly ticket between Park Station and Hatfield would cost R430 and a one-way ticket between Pretoria and Johannesburg R49.
Monthly ticket holders would get a 20percent discount and weekly ticket holders a 10percent discount, said Vadi, who expected that most people would buy monthly tickets.
He said the price was competitive when compared to other modes of public transport.
The first phase of the 80km Gautrain was opened in June last year, just before the soccer World Cup.
Vadi said commuters would pay R10 a day to park at stations if they were using the Gautrain and R80 a day if they were not.
Gautrain Project CEO Jack van der Merwe said about 2000 permanent jobs were expected to be created when it became fully operational.
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