According to an assessment of the economic impact, the Gautrain project contributed around R20 billion (USD 1.6 million) to the provincial gross domestic product (GDP) over the six years it took to build the rapid-rail link.
The results have shown that the Gautrain has created 34,800 direct job opportunities during construction and 922 sustainable jobs after the start of operations.
Future expansion would also imply poverty alleviation in that 17% of additional household income generated would flow to low-income households. When looking at current Gautrain operations, the system contributed R1.7 billion (USD 136.49 million) a year to provincial GDP, while sustaining about 6 000 jobs in Gauteng in 2013.
The value of the Gautrain project is R27 billion (USD 2 billion).
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