Marlboro | ||||||||||||||||
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 A Gautrain arriving in the early evening at Marlboro st. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| System | Gautrainrapid transit station | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 1,200 spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 June 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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Marlboro is ametro station on theGautrain rapid transit system inMarlboro,Gauteng. It opened on 8 June 2010 with service toOR Tambo International Airport.
Marlboro is located near the southwestern corner of the interchange between theN3 Eastern Bypass and Marlboro Drive (M60) in the suburb of the same name.[1] The surrounding area is mainly residential and includes the well-known township ofAlexandra.
One of the major aims of the Gautrain project is to reducecar dependency and its associated congestion throughtransit-oriented development (TOD). At Marlboro, this is accomplished by connecting the fragmented surrounding area with a pedestrian bridge across Marlboro Drive. Further, the TOD plan subdivides the Marlboro precinct into a number of areas, in particular Frankenwald and the Far East Bank.[2]
Marlboro station has four tracks with an island platform and side platforms. As the station is the last before the north–south line to Pretoria and the Airport Line to OR Tambo International Airport split, across-platform interchange is facilitated by the use of an island platform.
26°05′01″S28°06′41″E / 26.0836°S 28.1114°E /-26.0836; 28.1114
