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Simon's Town railway station

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Owned by
  
PRASA

Tracks
  
3

Opened
  
1890

Line(s)
  
Structure type
  
At-grade

Simon's Town railway station

Location
  
Station Road, Simon's Town, 7975

Connections
  
Golden Arrow Bus Services

Address
  
Main, Cape Town, 7995, South Africa

Owner
  
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

Platforms in use
  
Similar
  
Boulders Beach, Simon's Town Museum, South African Naval Mu, Cape Point, Seal Island - South Afri

Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line. The station is located between Station Road (the M4) and the beach.

The railway line from Fish Hoek into Simon's Town is single-track, but the station itself has three tracks; one track is served by a side platform next to the station building on Station Road, while the other two are served by an island platform connected by a pedestrian subway.

There were no trains running on the 6.3 km final section of the Cape Town suburban line between Fish Hoek and Simon's Town from November 2009 until February 2011, due to unusually high tides that piled heaps of sand on the line and caused serious damage beyond Glencairn, where structure beneath the track was undermined.

Vicinity

  • Naval Base Simon's Town
  • Boulders Beach
  • False Bay Yacht Club
  • Jubilee Square
  • References

    Simon's Town railway station Wikipedia


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