This means that the first trains now leave Sandton to OR Tambo as early as 4.50am and 5.10am. From Gautrain’s OR Tambo International Airport station, the last trains are scheduled to leave at 8.46pm and 9.04pm.
Gautrain chief executive officer, Jack van der Merwe, pointed out that these early and late train services did not stop at stations between the airport and Sandton station.
“This means that if passengers want to make use of the early or late service, they have to use Sandton station as their departure point and not any other station on the Gautrain route,” explained Van der Merwe.
The Sandton and OR Tambo Stations will open and close 15 minutes before the first and last trains each day.
He said the Gautrain airport service continued to exhibit positive growth since it started operations on 8 June, 2010.
This service carries an average of 5 500 passengers per day. In May this year, it was awarded the Global AirRail Alliance Award for Service Excellence in Oslo, Norway.
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