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Kroonstad Station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Stasie Street, Charl Malanville, Kroonstad, 9501 |
| Coordinates | 27°39′35″S27°14′02″E / 27.6596°S 27.2339°E |
| Operated by | TFR |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 2 islands |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | at grade |
| History | |
| Electrified | yes |
Kroonstad railway station is the railway station in the city of Kroonstad in the Free State province of South Africa.
Kroonstad, officially named Maokeng, is the third largest city in the Free State and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. It is the second-largest commercial and urban centre in the Northern Free State, and an important railway junction on the main line from Cape Town to Johannesburg. Maokeng is Sesotho and means "place of the thorn trees ".
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The following lists events that happened during 1984 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in South Africa.
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The South African Railways Class 61-000 of 1959 was a diesel-hydraulic locomotive.
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The South African Railways Class 15CA 4-8-2 of 1926 was a steam locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 12 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive.
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The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is an agency of the government of South Africa, headquartered in Midrand, Gauteng that regulates railway safety.
Kroonstad Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
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On 4 January 2018, a passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collided with a truck at a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, in the Free State, South Africa. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. Twenty-one people were killed and 254 others were injured.