The Gautrain Management Agency GMA is over a year behind schedule in appointing a bidder to continue operations, a delay that industry bodies warn could undermine Gautengs business and travel economy.
The current operator, the Bombela Concession Company BCC, runs the system under a nearly 20-year-old concession agreement that expires on March 29, 2026. Despite this looming deadline, no replacement operator has been announced.
According to the GMAs High-Level Programme Schedule for the Post-2026 Gautrain Concession Project and Request for Proposal tender advertisement, the entity should have selected a new operator by August 5, 2024, and the agreement would have reached a financial close by September 10 this year.