Fin24 reports that as the indefinite Gautrain strike continued into a third day on Wednesday, management expanded the limited operations and opened the Rosebank station where bus routes will also be operated during peak periods.  

The Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which runs the Gautrain, on Tuesday introduced a limited rail service between OR Tambo International Airport and Sandton stations.  According to the contingency plans during the industrial action, during peak periods the rapid rail will run every twelve minutes between Centurion and Sandton; Sandton and Rosebank; and Rosebank and Park Station.  The train between OR Tambo and Sandton (stopping at Rhodesfield) will depart every 36 minutes in peak periods.  There are no trains during off peak periods between Johannesburg and Pretoria, while a bus service will transport commuters between Sandton and the airport during those times.  As of Tuesday evening, there was no word about when negotiations between BOC and the United National Transport Union (Untu) would resume.

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