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Johannesburg - Gautrain on Wednesday celebrated carrying one million train passengers since opening phase one of the multibillion rand rapid rail project before the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
This milestone coincided almost exactly with 100 days of operation, Gautrain said.
It said the next big milestone in the life of the R25bn project will be the opening of phase two scheduled for the later half of 2011.
This "north-south" line, which comprises the remaining two thirds of the project, will link the Johannesburg CBD to Pretoria and Hatfield via Rosebank, Sandton, Midrand and Centurion.
Preceding the opening of phase two, however, will be the finalisation of construction works, the testing and commissioning of all systems and sub-systems and trial running of both the trains and buses.
"Today's celebration centered around Ms Ulindi Krull from Reiger Park who is a regular commuter from Rhodesfield to Marlboro stations," Gautrain said.
Within days of opening and in time for the World Cup, the Gautrain was transporting about 80 000 passengers per week.
Post-World Cup, the train service has stabilised at about 50 000 passengers a week, with bus passengers at about 4 000 passengers weekly and showing steady growth.