Simon's Town railway station

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Simon's Town
Metrorail station
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General information
LocationStation Road, Simon's Town, 7975, Cape Town
South Africa
Coordinates 34°11′12″S18°25′31″E / 34.1868°S 18.4253°E / -34.1868; 18.4253
Owned by PRASA
Line(s)
Platforms3 (1 side platform, 1 island)
Tracks3
Connections Golden Arrow Bus Services
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1890
Services
Preceding station Metrorail Western Cape Following station
Glencairn
towards Cape Town
Southern Line Terminus
Location
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Simon's Town
Location in Cape Town
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Simon's Town
Location in South Africa

Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line. The station is located between Station Road (the M4) and the beach.

The railway line from Fish Hoek into Simon's Town is single-track, but the station itself has three tracks; one track is served by a side platform next to the station building on Station Road, while the other two are served by an island platform connected by a pedestrian subway.

There were no trains running on the 6.3 km final section of the Cape Town suburban line between Fish Hoek and Simon's Town from November 2009 until February 2011, due to unusually high tides that piled heaps of sand on the line and caused serious damage beyond Glencairn, where structure beneath the track was undermined. [1]

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References

  1. "Latest on Simon's Town". Railways Africa. 19 February 2010.