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Simonstown ↔ Cape Town: Afternoon peak: 36 km 05xx: Retreat ↔ Cape Town: Via Cape Flats line: 24 km 23xx: Eersterivier ↔ Cape Town: Some weekend trains terminate at Faure: 34 km 25xx: Kraaifontein ↔ Cape Town: 31 km 28xx: Bellville ↔ Cape Town: Via Monte Vista and Century City: 21 km 32xx: Strand ↔ Cape Town: 53 km 34xx: Muldersvlei ...
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.
In 2007, Cape Town Tourism, the City of Cape Town, and Metrorail collaborated to promote the Southern Line as a tourist route, focusing on tourist attractions near Cape Town, Observatory, Newlands, Muizenberg, Kalk Bay and Simon's Town stations. This includes a "hop-on, hop-off" ticket allowing unlimited travel on the line during off-peak hours.
Retreat railway station is a Metrorail station in Retreat, a suburb of Cape Town.It is a stop on the Southern Line and serves as the terminus of the Cape Flats Line.The station is located next to a terminus of Golden Arrow Bus Services and a large minibus taxi rank, forming a major transport interchange for the South Peninsula region.
The SARCC owned commuter rail-related assets, including stations and surrounding land, infrastructure and rolling stock, while the services were operated by Metrorail. Initially, Metrorail was an operating unit of Spoornet, Transnet's rail subsidiary; in 1996 it became
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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]
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.