Mutual railway station

Mutual
General information
Location	Mutual Way, Pinelands 7405, Cape Town South Africa
Coordinates	33°55′18″S18°30′53″E / 33.92167°S 18.51472°E / -33.92167; 18.51472
System	Metrorail station
Owned by	PRASA
Line	Northern Line   Central Line
Platforms	1 side, 1 island, 1 island containing a bay
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Route map Legend Northern Line via Salt River │ Central Line via Ysterplaat to Cape Town Woltemade Woltemade Mutual Central Line to Langa │ Northern Line to Bellville This diagram: view talk edit
Location Mutual Location in Cape Town Show map of Cape Town Mutual Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa

Mutual railway station is a Metrorail commuter rail station located between the suburbs of Maitland and Pinelands in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated next to the South African headquarters of the Old Mutual, from which it takes its name. Mutual is a particularly busy station because it is the junction at which the Central Line towards Mitchell's Plain and Khayelitsha diverges from the Northern Line main line to Bellville.

The station is divided into two parts, connected by a platform-to-platform bridge. To the north there is a side platform and an island platform, serving three tracks of the Northern Line; to the south, an island platform containing a single bay, serving three tracks of the Central Line. ^[1] There is a station building on either side of the tracks.

In 2023, a passenger was awarded damages after he was hit by a rock and fractured his skull while alighting a train at Mutual station. ^[2]

Notable places nearby

• Old Mutual South African headquarters
• Maitland Cemetery
• Pinelands Jewish Cemetery
• Conradie Hospital
• College of Cape Town Pinelands campus

Services

Preceding station	Metrorail Western Cape			Following station
Woltemade towards Cape Town		Northern Line services via Mutual		Thornton towards Wellington, Muldersvlei or Strand
Ysterplaat towards Cape Town		Central Line services via Mutual		Langa towards Kapteinsklip, Chris Hani or Bellville

References

1. Omar, Dullah (11 August 2000). Speech at the official launch of the revamped Mutual station, Cape Town (Speech). Cape Town. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
2. "Passenger wins R3.5m damages claim against Prasa". SowetanLIVE. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.