1) The Gautrain project has continued to make progress despite political changes in leadership. 2) Over 11,000 jobs have been created by the project and over R320 million has been procured from Black Economic Empowerment companies. 3) Construction is over 30 months in and on track, with tunnels, bridges, stations and track laying underway across the route.

1. Gautrain Update Railways & Harbours Conference & Exhibition Jack van der Merwe (Pr. Eng) CEO: Gautrain Management Agency 4 – 6 March 2009

2. What has Happened During 2008 ?

6. Socio Economic Development

8. PPP - Project partners: Equity PUBLIC PRIVATE 25% 25% 17% 17% 8% 8%

11. Funding

14. Project Financing

17. Communication & Marketing

19. Media Analysis

20. Construction Progress

25. Strategic Objectives of the Gautrain Project

26. More than Just Another Transport Project The Gautrain will promote Public Transport SMME & BBBEE Development Tourism Business development The project stimulates Economic growth Local & Foreign Investment New development Job creation Design to Restructure urban areas Reduce travel distances, time and cost Improve city sustainability

27. Changing face of Gauteng

28. Park Station

29. Towards SAARC Park Station Shaft for Tunnel Park Station Tunnel from Park Station to Shaft E2 Station Box Smit Street deviation

30. Park Station Construction of the Concourse Slab

31. Rosebank Station

32. Rosebank Station Station Box Northern D&B shaft Southern TBM shaft Inside the station box: perimeter walls and concourse slab Tunnel towards Sandton

33. Cutter Head TBM precast tunnel lining segments TBM Shaft TBM control room St Barbara Precast formwork for tunnel lining segments

35. Emergency Shafts

36. Emergency Shafts E1, Hillbrow E2, The Wilds E3, Killarney E4, Houghton

37. Emergency Shafts E3 Preparations for Back Adit Excavation E5, Dunkeld Breakthrough of both adits from Shaft E3 into the TBM Tunnel

38. Emergency Shafts E4 casting of final lining E3 Excavation of 2 nd adit towards main tunnel Drilling and blasting inside E2

39. Hoisting spoil, E5

40. Sandton Station

41. 1 2 3 1 2 3 Sandton Station cavern excavation

42. Sandton Station Cross passage and shuttering

43. Mushroom Farm Park

44. Sandton to Mushroom Farm Park Sandton Station Towards Rosebank Station Towards Marlboro Station Shaft at Mushroom Farm Park

45. Tunnel towards Marlboro Tunnels towards Sandton Mushroom Farm Park Mucking pit Drilling during tunnel excavation

46. Marlboro Portal and Marlboro Station

47. Precast walkways Concrete invert slab and partitioning w wall Marlboro Portal cut and cover Marlboro Portal

48. Inside Marlboro Portal tunnel

49. Viaduct 1A & 11, Marlboro Station Launching Girder T1 at Viaduct 11

50. Marlboro Station Parking Deck Complete Concourse Structures ongoing

51. N3 Underpass

52. N3 cut and cover N

53. Linbro Junction to Depot: Viaduct 2 Erection of Noise Barriers

54. Bus and Train Depot Pre-cast yard

55. Depot and precast yard

56. Train Workshop / Stabling Area / Admin Building Signalling equipment (right) Railway Sidings at Stabling Area (left) Admin Building & Control Centre (top)

57. Flash Butt Welding Trackwork

58. Communications staging facility

59. Train set manufacturing in Derby and Nigel Flat pack arriving at UCW in Nigel from Derby for local assembly Antwerp docks

61. Arrival of first trains in South Africa

62. Viaduct 3 over Allandale Road, Midrand

63. Viaduct 4 over Rietspruit and Olifantsfontein Road South

64. Midrand Station

65. Midrand Station Grand Central Bridge Midrand Station

66. Centurion Station

67. Viaduct 5 towards Centurion Station John Vorster Interchange

68. Viaduct 5, Jean Avenue

69. Viaduct 5, Jean Avenue

70. Centurion Lake Super Sport Stadium Centurion Station Viaduct 5 towards Centurion Station

71. Pretoria Station

72. Pretoria Station and Viaduct 7 over Nelson Mandela Boulevard Alignment to Centurion Alignment to Hatfield Pretoria Station construction of foundations for the station platform Viaduct 7

73. Hatfield Station

74. Hatfield Station SARCC Deviation

75. Airport Link

76. Viaduct 13 over Centenary Way, Modderfontein Installation of Parapets

77. Viaduct 14 over Zuurfontein Road and railway line

78. Viaduct 15 over Metrorail railway lines , Rhodesfield Station to OR Tambo International Airport View towards ORTIA SARCC Crossing Rhodesfield Station

79. Viaduct 15 over Metrorail railway lines , Rhodesfield Station to OR Tambo International Airport R21/R24 Crossing View towards ORTIA Rhodesfield Station

80. OR Tambo International Airport Station Viaduct 15

81. Awards

84. Finally

86. Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. No. 2 Law of Probable Dispersal

87. Thank You www.gautrain.co.za “ The Future is not for the faint hearted.” R Reagan “ The philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point however is to change it” Karl Marx