On 8 June 2010, we got to ride on the Gautrain for the first time. It was the very first day the
Gautrain was open, an eagerly-awaited day, since the long-ago days back in 2006 when Xander used
to bring a milk crate to Rosebank to look at the Gautrain diggings. I went in the morning and bought
our Gautrain gold cards, meeting a friend who lives in England at the ticket booths! Then after
school, we set off on foot for the nearest Gautrain bus stop in Rosebank (there is a temporary bus
until the Rosebank station opens next year).
One of our Gautrain gold cards
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On the bus from Rosebank to Sandton station
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Arrival at Sandton station
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Sandton to Rhodesfield
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At Rhodesfield station
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Rhodesfield to Sandton
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Not shown in the pictures is the 2.5 hour bus journey home, where we got caught in traffic
from the rush hour and the Portugal-Mozambique friendly match at Wanderers.
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