 Yo, what up everybody to boy mr. Ghana baby right here in pictoria, and if you see me in pictoria You know what I'm coming to do. I'm coming to hide This city and if I should hide I'm always here to hide any African country which is developing which is growing and this is my job and they haven't been paying me for this But I still have to do it because of the love I have for the continent So, you know what pictoria is our administrative capital of this country, South Africa But I'm not gonna do this video alone Let me pretend as if I don't know anything about pictoria. So I've got my brother here I don't know how long he has been living in this country But he is gonna tell us all we need to know about the how train of pictoria the how train of Girl thing or how clean? Thank you so much. Come on. Why are you running out for me? My brother I'm good to see you nice to meet you the one and only African Explorer is the best guy. I mean if you want to go to every country in Africa You need to go to a city channel. I got you so I'm with what the Maya now here in pictoria And this behind station is Hartford. So the how train connects From pictoria and Johannesburg because there's a lot of traffic So in 2010 it was built because of the World Cup So in the World Cup was played here in South Africa 2010 the how train was Due to that can help people accommodation moving from pictoria to Johannesburg. So it connects 62 kilometer from here to Johannesburg and it runs seven days a week Seven days a week to 830. Is it so expensive to take the how train? It will cost roughly 72 Rand for a food trip from pictoria Hartford to Johannesburg But it's reasonable. You know what? I don't want to talk too much and I don't want you to talk too much too So let's go and then let them show them how to take the train from pictoria to Johannesburg Follow us and enjoy this amazing episode. Don't forget to go check out the youtube channel and subscribe. Come along guys So the first thing when you need to get a how train card that's gonna Permit you to tap in one station to the other station All right, so you just come to the machine by how train you take your train for example So it gives you a mount you want to pay by cash or by bank so choose So then here you get your card ready and you just tap it in tap it out Easy as that So we are now at Hartford train station in Pretoria. This is the first train station going to Jobak There are a number of stations like five Hartford, they're not gonna go to Pretoria Then you're gonna go to Centurion, Midran, Marlboro, Santon, Rosbank and Park station which is Johannesburg city center. So you need to have a how train card That's gonna enable you to tap in and tap out. So it's something just like the bank card Same slot. So you either buy it or if you have one you reloaded money Depending on how much you need to spend going to where you're going So you can get them through the counter They have a tailor that can help you with that but also their machines which are very very user friendly So could just put it in full of the instructions They're all in English so you can easily get your card and reload it and get your card right away from my machine Then you're gonna have to tap it in from the station that you are going in and then you're gonna tap out on the other station You need to make sure you have enough amount because you're not gonna be able to exit if you do not have enough amount on your card So we just scanned it and all we need to do is to use the escalator get down and go get the train So the journey just begun. We are here in Pretoria heading towards to where Johannesburg Park station And roughly it's gonna take us 40 minutes Which means this train travels 160 kilometers per hour, but I just want to know the entire length of this whole train So it's basically 62 kilometer from Pretoria to Johannesburg, and it takes roughly 40 minutes Most of the time it can be effective load shedding once in a while, but most Effective with what? Load shedding Load shedding in South Africa. Oh, I thought it's only in Ghana and Nigeria It's in the recent year because the SCOM has been facing a little bit of challenges So we have a bit of load shedding, but probably not as Ghana, but yeah Yeah, how often do people use this train? So myself of a living example, I study in Johannesburg and live in Pretoria So I move almost every day and there are a number of people who live in Pretoria walking Johannesburg Also, we live in Johannesburg walking Pretoria So it's a it's very packed especially during peak hours. That means from five to Eight in the morning and also in the evening from four to six when people are leaving from jobs I decided to use this time because I didn't want people to Distribute the vlogging. That's why I'm using this time this hour to vlog So as you can see like the train is kind of empty. But one thing that I really love about this train It's like the seats are really comfortable and then Safe because we go house of Police, you know, it's just like when you go to Nigeria to you find police and soldiers in the train So basically I feel like it's um, it's really safe Yeah, it's very reliable because as I was telling you earlier, they also have an app and how train app which you could use and Schedule your planning. So if you're planning to be in job back at one You could leave at what time and they are always the train is always there on schedule So it's pretty reliable That's why most people use it compared to driving because most people do have cars But you end up being stuck in traffic and you're not making it in the right time for your things And being Johannesburg in general in South Africa is a moving very fast-moving country people are busy people have scheduled So train is the most reliable can say transport Which means that if you live in Pitura and you have to go to work around eight o'clock you can live your house exactly 720 so by eight o'clock you'll be in your office. Yeah, that's how it is amazing Keep coming. Let's enjoy the ride together. Yeah, bye The things that you need to have in mind Yeah, if you're going to the airport you should make sure to either drop at Sancton or Marlboro If you're coming from either side because that's a different name. So which means that The culture has two lines. Yes, so we have the northern and southern one So the one that goes to Kimtun Park, which is the airport and the one that goes to Pitura from Joe McStraint Okay, so where is the intersection? Where do you have to change in Marlboro or Sancton? Okay, so I have to change that Marlboro or Sancton. Yeah And also other things to have in mind. You're not allowed to eat in the pow train. That's the don't So don't take food. Don't take cold or old beverages like coffee and stuff that you can take water with you But if there is no we cannot eat or take water, which means that it's a metro I will call it like a metro because it has short distance, 40 minutes They're using the long distance trains, which we are allowed to eat in there You also have restaurant but this train does not have restaurant This is what I notice but along the line like You can really enjoy the views that you're gonna see you can see the highways you can see your partner You can see like I mean like I said, it's a little beautiful So whatever you come in here, don't sleep like me. Just sit down in here Turn your neck and enjoy the view out there. I mean what next station is our station, right? That's Park station. That's the last station But what I also what I also notice that people were coming in and going out Yeah, so from Hartford, there are less people but from Victoria and Centurion, but that's like the middle part Yeah, more people coming in most people majority of people go out in San Francisco You know what, you know, like trains videos are actually my favorite videos Sometimes I have to walk in the train talk to people especially when I was in China But you know in Africa blogging in Africa is really tough I mean trying to vlog somebody talking to the person might tell hey, you know get out of there So, you know, um, let's do it this way. I mean, I hope you guys enjoy this amazing episode Don't forget to go check out my brother's YouTube channel Da Vinci K I do lifestyle and travel content things to do in different countries Accommodation and all that so link is gonna be in the description. Don't forget subscribe