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The terminal of Cape Town station in 2006, before upgrading Blackie, the first locomotive in South Africa, previously displayed at Cape Town Railway Station, now awaiting relocation to a new railway museum to be erected near the station. Cape Town railway station is the main railway station of the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
Metrorail Western Cape is a network of commuter and suburban rail services in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality (metropolitan area of Cape Town) and in the surrounding towns of Malmesbury, Paarl, Stellenbosch and Wellington in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Cape Town CBD in the City Bowl is a major business district in Cape Town’s metropolitan area and a financial centre of the Western Cape and South Africa. The South African parliament is located in Plein Street, and is the seat of government for six months in the year.
The first permanent title of land in southern Africa was issued, by Van Riebeeck, to the four free burghers of Rondebosch. [2] The area only obtained recognition as a separate village or area of Cape Town after the 1830s. [2] In 1864 the area was connected by railway upon the competition of the Cape Town to Wynberg line. [6]
The N2 begins in central Cape Town at the northern end of Buitengracht Street , outside the entrance to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The first section of the N2 is shared with the beginning of the N1; it is a four-lane elevated freeway that runs along a strip of land between the city centre and the Port of Cape Town.
The City of Cape Town (Cape Town metropolitan area) like most South African metropolitan areas, uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National (N) roads and Regional (R) roads. Each city's M roads are independently numbered.
Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge. It has two tracks served by two side platforms, connected by pedestrian subways.
Klipheuwel is a village of about 2,300 people [1] situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Durbanville, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.In the 1920s it was the site of a shortwave transmitter constructed by the Marconi Company as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain. [2]