The Gautrain will radically transform the transport industry, the province's premier Paul Mashatile said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the ceremonial home-coming of the first completed trainset to its operational home in Midrand, Mashatile said the event was a groundbreaking milestone.
"Our golden train is now finally where it belongs. And although Gautrain's physical home is here in Gauteng, her real home is in the heart and minds of all South Africans."
The first completed four-car train set - which was assembled in the United Kingdom - was handed over to Gautrain's political committee at the Derby plant in July 2008.
The first shipment of two completed railcars arrived in December last year and was then transported to Gauteng.
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"Gautrain is the birth of a new legacy in public transport and what we will see here today is the realisation of this legacy," Mashatile said before boarding the golden train for a three kilometre trip on the Midrand test track. - Sapa
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