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Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and some areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the town of Krugersdorp and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality).
The Boksburg Lake (& Wemmer Pan & Zoo Lake) murder: On the morning of 27 October 1964 a young teacher, Mr Robert Bekker, made a grisly discovery. On the western shore of Boksburg Lake, in a suitcase was a middle-aged woman's decapitated torso, covered in plastic, brown paper and a sheet.
By 1889/1890 the stop was now called Park Halt on the Boksburg/Braamfontein line. [4]: 6 The line was run by the De Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappy (NZASM) and was known as the Rand Steam Tram which transported coal from the collieries at Boksburg to the yards at Braamfontein.
Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas. It is operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
M46 (Boksburg South) – M43 – R23 (cosigned) – M45 (cosigned) – M46 – R29/R51 – R555 (Everest) Boksburg South, Boksburg East Industrial, Benoni South, Rangeview Camp, Harry Gwala, Leachville, Anzac, Brakpan CBD, Huntingdon, Krugersrus, New State Areas, Rowhill, East Geduld, Petersfield, Everest
It then reaches a junction with the M43 route (Van Dyk Road; Atlas Road) to leave Boksburg and immediately after, it turns right to become Lincoln Road to enter the Benoni South Industrial Area. [4]: 115 The M56 (Lincoln Road) reaches a t-junction with the Industry Road and becomes Industry Road southwards.
However, the tramway network lasted for several more decades, until its closure on 18 March 1961. The last scheduled trams ran on the Kensington, Bez Valley and Malvern routes on the day before, and on the day of closure special commemorative trips were run. The trams on those routes were replaced by buses.
The discovery of coal on the far east Rand at Springs and Boksburg, as well as the construction of the Rand Steam Tram from the colliery to the gold fields and into Johannesburg facilitated the growth of the industry in its early years. [8] Soon, too, the railway arrived from the coast: in September 1892 the Cape railway reached the Rand.