Port Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Jetty Street, Port Elizabeth 6001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°57′38″S25°37′30″E / 33.96056°S 25.62500°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | TFR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Metrorail: Shosholoza Meyl: Premier Classe: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 7 terminus platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Apple Express (at Humewood Road) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Port Elizabeth railway station is a railway station, located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port Elizabeth to the developing national railway network, resulting in the station complex being located in the historic central district, near the harbour. [1] The prosperity which followed the construction of railways to the interior earned for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa."
Passenger services operating from the station include:
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