High speed Bombardier train in Johannesburg, South Africa - Gautrain. Taken from Rhodesfield station to Sandton station - the whole trip in 12 minutes!
Jo'burg deserves something nice after what they've done to it..lived there for 17 yrs and it was awesome in the 80's!!..it's nickname was mini New York
These are literally like a mix between our class 375s, 376s and 395s😂😂 The front looks the same as a 395, doors open outwards like a 375 and the layout inside and the seats mainly are the same as 376s, only difference is that 376s don’t have 3x3 seats... they sound very different to all of them though
All Electrostars use Bombardier MITRAC IGBT-VVVF; the only difference between this Electrostar and the British classes 357, 375, 377, 378, 379 and 387 is that said classes use 1000 Hz carrier frequency in asynchronous modulation, while Gautrain uses 550 Hz carrier frequency in asynchronous modulation, which can also be heard on the Bombardier MOVIA 456 (Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai, China), the Adelaide Metro A-City 4000 Class, Transperth B-series and QueenslandRail SMU220, IMU120 and SMU260/IMU160 (Australia).
This is a high speed train. If the trains in your country travel at 300km/hour or whatever, that does not negate the significance of the speed of this train in South Africa. It is the only one of its kind in the country. So for SA, this is a massive achievement. It's only up from here.
An Electrostar that sounds like an Australian Transperth B series / Adelaide Metro 4000 / Queensland Rail SMU/IMU260? Nice, but kinda strange for me who lives in the UK and commutes on the UK Electrostars which sound completely different to a Gautrain Electrostar! P.S. Great video 👍
Yes, it's the only Electrostar not to use 1000 Hz carrier frequency in asynchronous modulation unlike the British classes 357, 375, 377, 378, 379 or 387. This Bombardier MITRAC IGBT-VVVF with 550 Hz carrier frequency in asynchronous modulation can also be heard on e.g. the Bombardier MOVIA 456 (Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai, China).
we also have this in Malaysia... but i think this is a medium speed train.. not high one... btw.. it really nice isnt it?? better then driving a car that have a lot of congestion...
The train you are in has the standard British bombardier turbostar/electrostar doors and noise at the start of the announcement which is cool to see they use it in south Africa. The interior looks like the British version but the seats are very different
@simpletimes222 That is the reality of it. For South Africans anything above 120km/h is high speed. ;o) That is our maximum road speed limit. This train is however long overdue and I cannot wait for the Johannesburg to Durban speed rail to begin and complete building. As somebody mentioned somewhere, it is currently in feasability phase.
These are more advanced then the Melbourne metro, the Victorian state wide train services such as V--line are a lot like the American train service, but the metro service use basic electric trains like CBD England ones, compared to what Ove seem form Australian and America. The USA and Canadian train services use ALOT of desiel trains even form the metro.. Form what I've seen, while Australia's metro use electric trains, but nothing compared to the South African trains
160kmph is 100mph. Thats standard and it is from the electrostar family. High speed trains run from 125mph. Very High Speed trains run from 186mph and above. It's misleading to call the Gautrain a high speed train. Sure it might look like one but it is a suburban commuter train like the other electrostars back here.
Sud Africa, que orgullo deben sentir tener este tren para disfrutarlo !!!! y pensar que aca se llenaron la boca hablando de lo que ibamos a tener, y los bolsillos con lo que supuestamente iba a costar. O no Sr. Jaime ????, alcanzo a repartir bien ???
@ 00:20 It is actually the British Bombardier company that built these in Derby based on the Electrostar family. OK so its owned by Canadian Bombardier but Derby is where it was all designed and built although some were shipped out CKD and assembled in SA.
its seems alot of the city trains from other parts of the world are a world of difference when it comes to cleanliness compare to the city trains in america. Like on here it almost looks like you can almost eat off the floor or window sills. On trains like the chicago CTA im afraid you might catch a disease just for touching the hand poles on there....yikes!
America's transportation system really sucks. It's not clean but it's not cheap either. But I don't get why so many americas still criticize asian trains (specially chinese trains). Maybe they think that their higher gdp will stay higher for ever😂 Spiler: it won't😑
Looks like the Eurostar Class 370 and has the traction sound of the JR East E233 of Japan or the FE-07, the most recently train of the A line on Mexico City Metro (La Paz - Pantitlan City). Proud for South Africa from Chalco, Mexico, where the bunny is eaten in tacos.
Critics everywhere. 160kph is 100mph. 100mph is getting you there fast. Most Amtrak trains run at about 80mph. Eventually nations will acquire the technology to run faster and faster trains. Development takes time and time waits for no one.
Europe already has 320kph and bring even faster into service. This train is no faster than our 375/377 electrostars that run on commuter routes and are considered the norm.
Finally a good video of this! Canada doesn't have it because it was built in Derby, England. There based of the number of different 'Electrostar' trains that Bombardier built and keep building for the UK. Also 100mph is not high speed.
I love public transport. Last week I took the lovely Gautrain from OR Tambo Airport to Park Station then planned to Uber. I would not recommend alighting at Park Station. Clearly an unsafe area. Area security spotted me and told me not to take my phone out. Strangers yelled warnings. Phone thieves abound. I am well-travelled but was gob smacked. Security got me an Uber. The Uber driver said he lives in the area and does not walk anywhere there. I thought I was wise. Clearly not. Be safe!
This belongs to the Electrostar Family which all other types of trains are from the United Kingdom.Sadly,I live in Singapore which is in Asia and there's not a single Electrostar in there
Cool video! Have always wanted to visit South Africa and will no doubt be starting my time there in Joburg (and therefore on the Gautrain). Just one question, - which month of the year did you shoot this video?
^^^ It may be the slickest thing in the world this Bombadier train, but there's an even better Bombadier train with new induction tech., meaning no overheard panto-graph's or wires. It induction cable is buried under the rails.
South London Railway Photography Yeah. But not always. Trains inside London are quite slow for example trains from London Victoria to London Bridge are quite slow aswell as trains from Waterloo to Staines and Feltham. But Trains to Brighton are quite fast. Also the GWML has some fast trains inside London. But further from London, I think some Electrostars go 110mph!
I'm not just talking about living areas, I am also talking about all the national roads and rail roads in the country. There are more to a country's infrastructure then just living areas.
The fact it the GDP was rising before 1994 as well. Maintaining is the key word you are looking for. Maintaining tar roads, rail roads en electrical grid systems that was already there in good condition. The only place where roads are properly maintained is the WCape. And the fact that the old government did not even need to borrow money like the ANC does to build new infrastructure while being sanctioned by the rest of the world while the ANC got donations from other countries says a lot.
Is this Standard Gauge system planned to expand. It could form the basis of an intercity/intercontinental HSR network. Ethiopia and Kenya have Standard Gauge railways. So does Gabon
