Cape Flats Line

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Cape Flats Line
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner PRASA
Locale Cape Town, South Africa
Termini
Stations16
Service
Type Commuter rail
System Metrorail Western Cape
Operator(s) Metrorail
Depot(s)Salt River
Rolling stock X'Trapolis Mega
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification Overhead catenary
Route map

Contents

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Cape Town
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Eastern Boulevard
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Woodstock
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Salt River
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Black River Parkway
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Koeberg Road
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Maitland
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Ndabeni
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Pinelands
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Settlers Way
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Hazendal
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Athlone
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Crawford
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Lansdowne
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Wetton
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Ottery
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Prince George Drive
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Southfield
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Heathfield
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Retreat
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The Cape Flats Line is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs of Pinelands, Athlone, Lansdowne, Ottery, Southfield, Healthfield and Retreat.

Route

The Cape Flats Line service begins at the central Cape Town railway station, from which it runs east along the Cape Town–Bellville main line as far as Maitland. After Maitland station it goes off to the south, passing along the western edge of Pinelands before crossing under the N2 freeway and over the Black River. It then continues south through Athlone and Lansdowne, and then south-west through Ottery and Southfield, before joining the Southern Line route at Heathfield. Services on the Cape Flats Line terminate at occasionally at Heathfield, with the line terminus being Retreat. [1] Cape Flats Line

Operation

The line is made up of double 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) track, electrified with 3,000 V DC overhead catenary. Services are operated by electric multiple units of X'Trapolis Mega

References

  1. "Timetables". Metrorail Western Cape. Retrieved 31 August 2015.