Sandton Station (Gautrain)

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Routing of the Gautrain local transport system

The Sandton Station (English Sandton Station) of the South African local transport system Gautrain is a train station in the area of ​​the metropolitan municipality City of Johannesburg in the district of Sandton . The underground station is located on Rivonia Road between West Street and Fifth Avenue. Passengers use escalators and elevators to get to and from the platforms.

The Sandton station is on the north-south route of the Gautrain between its endpoints Hatfield and Park Station . Passengers destined for Rhodesfield Station or OR Tambo International Airport (15 minutes' drive) must change trains here. For airport passengers there is a separate platform and specially designed luggage transport options.

Connections with other modes of transport

Entrance zone to the Sandton station

The station can be reached with various transport options. These include the Gautrain bus service for Gautrain passengers, a separate feeder system at the stations that drives to this station every 12 minutes during peak times.

Buses from the municipal Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit , the Johannesburg Metropolitan Bus Service ( Metrobus ) and rental car services are also available here.

There are park-and-ride spaces and kiss and ride stops near the Gautrain station .

Urban functional areas and sights near the station

  • Shopping areas: Nelson Mandela Square , Sandton City
  • the Sandton Public Library (Sandton City Library)
  • the Sandton Convention Center .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Johannesburg: Metrobus . on joburg.org.za ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / joburg.org.za

Coordinates: 26 ° 6 ′ 28 ″  S , 28 ° 3 ′ 26 ″  E