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Salt River | |
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Metrorail station | |
General information | |
Location | Foundry Road, Salt River 7925, Cape Town South Africa |
Coordinates | 33°55′38″S18°27′55″E / 33.92722°S 18.46528°E |
Owned by | PRASA |
Line(s) | |
Platforms | 3 islands, 1 side |
Tracks | 7 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Elevated |
Location | |
Salt River railway station is a Metrorail railway station in Salt River, Cape Town. It is the second station from the Cape Town terminus on the old main line to Bellville, and the junction where the Southern Line branches from the main line. Services on all of Metrorail's lines pass through the station. [1]
The station has three island platforms and one side platform, serving a total of seven tracks. The station building is located on Foundry Street to the south of the tracks.
Preceding station | Metrorail Western Cape | Following station | ||
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Woodstock towards Cape Town | Northern Line services via Mutual | Koeberg Road | ||
Central Line services via Pinelands | Koeberg Road | |||
Cape Flats Line | Koeberg Road towards Retreat | |||
Southern Line | Observatory towards Simon's Town |
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