Gautrain

Question 1
1. Public rejections to the project will be one of the greatest barriers. Public transport in South Africa does not have a good track record and added to this negative situation, great resistance from the public to the location and positioning of the stations and railway lines will increase objections to the project.

This barrier could be overcome by changing the route, with suggested alternative routes. This would have a major impact on reducing the number of houses that were potentially in line for expropriation. Once the final railway route is decided upon, every individual homeowner could be spoken to and professional private sector evaluators could assess market and replacement values and advise property owners of their rights and options.

2. Since the project has chosen a gauge that is not used in South Africa, the coaches cannot be manufactured in South Africa, therefore creating less jobs locally. The main reason for using the wider gauge is to enable the trai...