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Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal is a network of commuter rail services in and around the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It is operated by Metrorail , a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
Durban railway station is the central railway station in the city of Durban, South Africa, located between Umgeni Road and NMR Avenue / Masabalala Yengwa Avenue just to the north of the central business district.
Durban (/ ˈ d ɜːr b ə n / DUR-bən; Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") [a] is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
The new trains are designated 10M3 (Cape Town), 10M4 (Gauteng) or 10M5 (Durban). [9] [10] The Metrorail services on the Eastern Cape are operated by four diesel trains, each consisting of ten coaches and a diesel locomotive. [11] 280 train sets operate on the system, [1] each able to carry up to 1,800 passengers. [12]
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into forty-three local municipalities.
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.
Bellville Central, Bellville South, Greenlands, Belhar, Bishop Lavis, Nooitgedacht, Valhalla Park, Bonteheuvel, Heideveld, Manenberg, Schaap Kraal, West Gate: Robert Sobukwe Rd, Duinefontein Rd, Weltevreden Rd M11: East / West: M10 (Bellville Central) – M16 (Bellville Central) Bellville Central: Tienie Meyer Rd M12: North / South then West / East
KwaDukuza is located at the northern end of the North Coast Line, which is served by the commuter rail network, Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal and runs down south to Durban via Groutville, Shakaskraal, Umhlali, oThongathi (Tongaat), Verulam and Mount Edgecombe.