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In 1904 a railway station was established. [4] [5] [6] Brackenfell used to be a rural area centred on a major road crossing during the earlier days of Cape Town, but today it is a well-known suburb located behind the 'boerewors gordyn' which translates to sausage curtain, meaning; people living in this area, braai (barbecue) boerewors very often.
In 1869 sub-division of farm land started in the area. A railway station was formed in 1876 called "Kraaifontein Junction", followed by formal town development in 1877. The first school was established on 20 January 1908. The Dutch Reformed Church was founded in 1948. In the same year Kraaifontein got its own local authority.
Most Northern Line trains travel from Cape Town station along the old main line through Salt River, Maitland, Goodwood and Parow to Bellville station.Trains on the Wellington route continue from Bellville along the main line through Brackenfell and Kraaifontein, and then through the farmland outside the metropolitan area to reach the towns of Paarl and Wellington.
Bellville is also served by a network of metropolitan routes linking it to surrounding suburbs including the M10 to Cape Town International Airport in the south, M16 to Durbanville in the north and Tygerberg Hospital in the south, M23 to Stellenbosch in the south-east, M25 to Brackenfell in the east, M31 to Durbanville, M73 to Brackenfell, M124 ...
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7 August 2016 - Two Metrorail trains caught alight and burned at the Retreat Station in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon. 1 December 2016 - Metrorail has had yet another one of its trains damaged. This time one was set alight at Thornton Station late on Thursday evening. 12 June 2017 - Two trains were gutted by fire at Cape Town station.
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