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The Natal Railway Company was formed in January 1858 for the construction of a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) railway in Durban. [1] The Natal Railway Company made use of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge. The 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge was only adopted in Natal in 1876 when the Natal Government Railways was established. [2]
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Warwick Junction, also known as Warwick Triangle, is a transportation and trading hub in the city of Durban, South Africa. [1] It is the largest of its kind in South Africa. [2] The area sees up to 460,000 people daily, [3] who come to the area for its transport interchange and market shopping. [1]
Conversely, events in South Africa and its neighbours over the years had a huge influence on the development of railways. When the articles on the locomotives of South Africa are read sequentially in the order of their years of entering railway service, much of the history of the country becomes apparent between the lines.
The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved South African people or South Africa including predecessor states in the history of the formation of South Africa. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine, military ...
It hosted 4 matches of Test cricket between 1910 and 1921 [2] with the 2nd Test in 1909/10 and the 1st and 4th Tests in 1913/14, all between South Africa and England, and the 1st Test in 1921/22 between South Africa and Australia. The ground was demolished in 1922.
The Bluff promonotory is a remnant of an extensive coastal dune system that formed along the shoreline of KwaZulu-Natal between two and five million years ago. [2] It is situated just south of the Durban CBD and plays a key role in shielding the Port of Durban from the Indian Ocean, forming the port’s southern quayside.
Wanderers Stadium hosted a rugby union test match in April 1980 between South Africa and the South American Jaguars while Johannesburg's normal venue, Ellis Park Stadium, was being redeveloped. [ 3 ] On 12 March 2006, this stadium hosted one of the greatest One-day international matches ever played between South Africa and Australia in which a ...