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Transportation in Johannesburg has put out a tender for a new plan to totally repair the public transport in the city. Transportation in Johannesburg ensures a quicker, safer and more affordable system enabling travelers to transfer from one mode to another without spending additional money and time is being imagined.
The Transportation in Johannesburg is served by a bus collection operated by Metro bus, a corporate unit of the City of Johannesburg. It has a set of bus consisting of approximately 550 single and double-decker buses, moving through 84 different routes in the city. This total includes 200 modern buses made by Volvo and Marcopolo or Brasa in 2002. Metro bus carries approximately 20 million passengers per annum. Metro bus also operates a number of open top buses in the City Slicker role, using them to offer guided tours around the city. In addition there are a number of private bus operators, though most focus on the inter city routes or on bus charters for touring groups.
Transportation in Johannesburg includes metro railway system that connects central Johannesburg to Soweto, Pretoria, and nearly all of the satellite towns along the Witwatersrand. The railways transport massive numbers of workers every day. The railway transportation was built in Johannesburg's infancy and covers only the older areas in the southern part of the city.
Transportation in Johannesburg also includes Johannesburg airport. It is served by OR Tambo International Airport for both domestic and international flights. Other airports include Rand Airport, Grand Central Airport, and Lanseria. Rand Airport, situated in Germiston is a small airdrome used generally for private aircraft and the home of South African Airway's first Boeing 747 Classic, the Lebombo, which is now an aviation museum. Grand Central is situated in Midrand and is served by small, private aircraft. Lanseria Airport is used for commercial flights to Cape Town, Botswana, and Sun City.
Transportation in Johannesburg includes construction of the Gautrain Rapid Rail that started in October 2006 and will be completed by 2010, in time of the FIFA World Cup. It will consist of a number of underground stations, as well as above ground stations. It will run from Johannesburg's Park Station, through Rosebank, Sandton and Midrand and into Pretoria. There will also be a line from the OR Tambo International Airport traveling to Sandton.
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