Midrand | |||||||||||
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 Midrand station under construction in May 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Old Pretoria Main Road Midrand, Gauteng 1685 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°59′43″S28°08′05″E / 25.9954°S 28.1348°E /-25.9954; 28.1348 | ||||||||||
| System | Gautrainrapid transit station | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 02 August 2011 | ||||||||||
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Midrand is ametro station on theGautrain rapid transit system inMidrand,Gauteng. It opened on 2 August 2011 as part of the second phase of the Gautrain project.[1]
Midrand station is located in the area of the same name within Region A of theCity of Johannesburg. One of the city's metropolitan nodes, of secondary importance within the metropolitan area, the Midrand district is expected to become the hub of activity in far north Johannesburg, near the border with theCity of Tshwane, which contains the administrative capital city ofPretoria.[2] Near the station are the well-knownGallagher Convention Centre andKyalami race track. Further, the station lies adjacent toGrand Central Airport, one of Gauteng's secondary airports; the opening of Gautrain's second phase links the airport to the busierOR Tambo International Airport, albeit with a transfer at Sandton.[3]
In common with other Gautrain stations, Midrand station acts as the focal point oftransit-oriented development. The most prominent of the initiatives near the station is the Zonk'izizwe development, which will be situated on the eastern side of the railway alignment and will have a town centre, commercial, and residential precincts surrounding Grand Central Airport.[4] Further south is the Waterfall Estate development, which will encompass a far larger undeveloped site along the N1 between Allandale Road and the N3. Waterfall will include standard residential and commercial districts but will also contain a retirement centre, cemetery, Islamic centre, and industrial zones an SD the new shopping centre Mall of Africa[4]
Midrand station has two tracks with two side platforms and parking for 800 cars.[5]
After its opening in 2011, trains on the North-South Line of the Gautrain system serve Midrand station, running northbound toPretoria andHatfield and southbound toSandton andJohannesburg Park Station. In addition, Midrand has four integrated feeder bus routes toVorna Valley (MID1),Randjespark (MID2),Noordwyk (MID3), andKyalami Estates (MID4).[6]
