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Metrorail Western Cape is a network of commuter and suburban rail services in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality (metropolitan area of Cape Town) and in the surrounding towns of Malmesbury, Paarl, Stellenbosch and Wellington in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The Central Line is a commuter rail service in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape.Central Line services operate along two routes from central Cape Town to Langa, and then along three branches from Langa to various areas in the south-east of the city.
Wellington railway station is the railway station that serves the town of Wellington in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the terminus of the Metrorail Northern Line service from Cape Town Station , except for a single train daily in each direction as far as Worcester .
The Cape Flats Line is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs of Pinelands , Athlone , Lansdowne , Ottery , Southfield, Healthfield and Retreat .
Rail network in 1892 Rail network in 1906 Rail network in 1950. Construction of the first railway from Cape Town to Wellington was commenced in 1858. However the first passenger-carrying and goods service was a small line of about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) built by the Natal Railway Company, linking the town of Durban with Harbour Point, opened on 26 June 1860. [2]
Cape Town's first railway station, circa 1870. The first railway station in Cape Town was a rudimentary wooden structure built in 1861, and was located on the site of the present Golden Acre shopping centre. Cape Town's railways were in their infancy and the early station was small and simple. [2]
North / South: M10 (Valhalla Park) – Cape Town International Airport – N2 – M18 / M83 – M9 – R300 (no intersection) – M181 - M46 – M177 - M32 – R310 (Rocklands) Valhalla Park, Airport Industria, Nyanga, Crossroads, Philippi, Heinz Park, New Woodlands, Woodlands, Westridge, Rocklands: Borcherds Quarry Rd, New Eisleben Rd ...
A photograph of the Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage railway line in 1877 The crest of the now defunct Cape Government Rails as seen in the Cape Town central train station.. The Cape Government Railways (CGR) was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways (SAR) in 1910.