Engineering News reports that according to Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) communication and marketing senior executive manager Dr Barbara Jensen, ridership on the Gautrain has recovered to 23,358 average weekday rail trips, which is 42% of pre-Covid-19 numbers.

Average weekday bus trips are currently at 8,681, which is 46% of pre-Covid numbers. In August 2020 as the pandemic hit the country, the GMA reported that weekday Gautrain rail ridership had fallen to 7,478 passenger trips a day, which was about 14% of pre-Covid-19 levels. Bus ridership at that time was at 16% of pre-Covid-19 levels, at 2,974 passenger trips a day.

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