MetroBlitz

The Metro was a flash Expressnahverkehrszug in South Africa, the perverted from 16 January 1984 between Johannesburg and Pretoria via Germiston on the Cape gauge. Companies he was South African Transport Services.

History

( Afrikaans: " Jakarandasnel " ) As of July 1979, the " Jacaranda Express" ran between Pretoria Station and Johannesburg Park Station as commuter train. The travel time for the 69.4 km long stretch was 65 minutes. After nine months, the travel time has been reduced to 58 minutes. In 1983, tests were carried out to a higher travel speed. On January 11, 1984, the Metro Blitz took on his service. As of January 16, 1984, the morning drive time from Pretoria was 42 minutes after Johannesburg. The return trip in the afternoon lasted 44 minutes. The locomotive of SAR Class 12E was painted gray and had a red cummerbund and a yellow / red horizontal trim. The metro flash reached a cruising speeds of up to 160 km / h Poor cost recovery and interference from slower moving trains on the same track were cited as reasons for the setting of the metro flash.

The Gautrain runs since June 7, 2012 in 42 minutes between Johannesburg Park Station and Pretoria on standard gauge.