Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Port Elizabeth Railway Station

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. The prosperity which followed the construction of railways to the interior earned for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The station was completed in 1875.

Passenger services operating from the station include:

The Apple Express narrow-gauge tourist train to Avontuur operates from the separate station in Humewood Road near King's Beach. It departs regularly for Thornhill Village via a rail bridge over the Van Stadens River, the highest narrow-gauge rail bridge in the world.

See also

References

  1. ^ Burman, Jose (1984), Early Railways at the Cape. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, p.64. ISBN 0-7981-1760-5
  2. ^ "The Port Elizabeth Railway Station | The Heritage Portal". www.theheritageportal.co.za. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ Premier Classe