Taking a Short Trip [Leralla - Kempton Park] in X'trapolis EMU

(28-12-2023) Using the Leralla - Germiston corridor, I will be taking a short trip up to the midway of the Corridor.
Credit to:
Les Pivnic for the short clip : • High Speed on SA Trans...
Music: Voyage
Artist: ‪@iksonmusic485‬

[@EverythingTrains95]

Nice video my friend... Gauteng is really big ... When SAR was building these railway lines they had a vision....they left a remarkable piece of work!

[@bonganimkhwanazi6485]

Gauteng was the hub of Railways almost all the towns are covered on rails. Unfortunately Covid-19 took a toll on most lines, there's no hope on recovery.

[@EverythingTrains95]

@@bonganimkhwanazi6485 very sad

[@stuartkinnear2478]

Nice video. Looks like those extra stations are almost ready to go. Ja - the engineers back in the day knew how to build a railway. Almost all the main metrorail passenger lines in Gauteng are totally grade separated - no level crossings. Which is something you don't even see overseas. Seems like the problematic section in that area is from Irene to Kaalfontein - I know lots of people are eager for Oakmoor to reopen, but I heard there are lots of issues there.

[@bonganimkhwanazi6485]

Thank you, Yes Oakmoor and Elandsfontein are facing similar issues, they are the two station on that corridor with alot of commuter. Personal opinion, prasa is moving slow to fix platform clearance problem.

[@stuartkinnear2478]

@@bonganimkhwanazi6485 Yes - I can see the platform issues becoming bigger in the future. When I caught the train from Pretoria to Irene last week I was shocked at how big the gap was at Irene. There are just so many different platform heights on the network. I saw in Durban there was basically level boarding to the new blue sets - but then there is a massive gap at some platforms here. No standard. Customers coming from Gautrain will just expect level boarding to be everywhere. But I think in Gauteng, Prasa's priority for now is just to reopen more corridors - especially Randfontein and Vereeniging.

[@EverythingTrains95]

That high-speed clip video is a classic I see what you did there

[@bonganimkhwanazi6485]

Thank you

[@tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208]

Man lerralla station is pretty

[@tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208]

Why does the distance between limindella and lerralla seem so large? Do you think a new station must be built?