The Gauteng Management Agency (GMA), South Africa, has completed the feasibility study on the  the Gautrain rail network extension project. 

The feasibility study carried out by KPMG states that the extension of the Gautrain rail network and the modernisation of the PRASA Metrorail system must be supported if rail-based public transport is to grow to the required levels to prevent urban sprawl und unsustainable road congestion in the province.

The feasibility study report supports the principle of an extension of the Gautrain rail network and outlines the preferred routes that should be developed. This is based on the:

• transformational impact on the Gauteng economy;
• the modernisation of public transport;
• greener transportation solutions for a heathier community;
• passenger access and mobility;
• improved spatial development;
• environmental impact;
• increase in local content;
• business development, and
• the creation of jobs and poverty alleviation.

The feasibility study concludes that the extension of the Gautrain rail network will provide significant economic and transport related benefits to the province and the country at large; that it offers value for money, and appropriate risk transfer if procured as a Public-Private Partnership.   

Due to the magnitude and complexity of the project, it will be split into five phases.

The total network is shown below: