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Port Elizabeth railway station

Coordinates: 33°57′38″S 25°37′30″E / 33.96056°S 25.62500°E / -33.96056; 25.62500
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Port Elizabeth
Railway station
General information
LocationJetty Street, Port Elizabeth 6001
Coordinates33°57′38″S 25°37′30″E / 33.96056°S 25.62500°E / -33.96056; 25.62500
Owned byTFR
Line(s)Metrorail: Shosholoza Meyl: Premier Classe:
Platforms7 terminus platforms
Tracks7
ConnectionsApple Express (at Humewood Road)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Services
Preceding station Metrorail Following station
North End
towards Uitenhage
Port Elizabeth Metrorail Terminus
Preceding station Shosholoza Meyl Following station
Alicedale
towards Johannesburg
Johannesburg–Port Elizabeth Terminus
Preceding station Premier Classe Following station
Uitenhage
towards Cape Town
Cape Town–Port Elizabeth Terminus

Port Elizabeth railway station is a railway station, located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port Elizabeth to the developing national railway network, resulting in the station complex being located in the historic central district, near the harbour.[1] The prosperity which followed the construction of railways to the interior earned for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The station was completed in 1875.[2]

Passenger services operating from the station include:

The Apple Express narrow-gauge tourist train to Avontuur operates from the separate station in Humewood Road near King's Beach. It departs regularly for Thornhill Village via a rail bridge over the Van Stadens River, the highest narrow-gauge rail bridge in the world.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Burman, Jose (1984), Early Railways at the Cape. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, p.64. ISBN 0-7981-1760-5
  2. ^ "The Port Elizabeth Railway Station | The Heritage Portal". www.theheritageportal.co.za. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ Premier Classe