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Cape Flats Line
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
PRASA
Locale
Cape Town, South Africa
Termini
Cape Town
Retreat
Stations
16
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
Metrorail Western Cape
Operator(s)
Metrorail
Rolling stock
X'Trapolis Mega
Technical
Number of tracks
2
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
Overhead catenary
Route map
Legend
0:00
Cape Town
N2
Eastern Boulevard
Northern & Central Lines
via Ysterplaat
0:03
Woodstock
0:06
Salt River
Southern Line
Salt River
M5
Black River Parkway
0:08
Koeberg Road
0:10
Maitland
Northern Line
0:13
Ndabeni
0:16
Pinelands
Central Line
N2
Settlers Way
Black River
0:18
Hazendal
0:21
Athlone
0:23
Crawford
0:25
Lansdowne
0:28
Wetton
0:30
Ottery
M5
Prince George Drive
0:34
Southfield
Diep River
Southern Line
0:38
Heathfield
0:40
Retreat
Southern Line
The Cape Flats Line is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs of Pinelands, Athlone, Lansdowne, Ottery, Southfield, Healthfield and Retreat.
The CapeFlatsLine is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs...
trains terminate at Fish Hoek because the line south is single-track. The CapeFlatsLine travels east from Cape Town as far as Maitland, then turns south...
originate from Cape Town: the Southern Line via the Southern Suburbs to Simon's Town; the CapeFlatsLine via Athlone to Retreat; the Central Line via Langa...
station in Retreat, a suburb of Cape Town. It is a stop on the Southern Line and serves as the terminus of the CapeFlatsLine. The station is located next...
suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is served by trains on the CapeFlatsLine and the Central Line. CapeFlatsLine trains travel from Cape Town through...
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a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that was created by the apartheid government for low-income Coloured families in the CapeFlats in 1966 as a result...
1113 m on Table Mountain. The CapeFlats (Afrikaans: Kaapse Vlakte) is a flat, low-lying, sandy area, area to the east the Cape Peninsula, and west of the...
Khayelitsha (/ˌkaɪ.əˈliːtʃə/) is a township in Western Cape, South Africa, on the CapeFlats in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. The name is Xhosa...
residential areas and contains multiple smaller suburbs. It is located on the CapeFlats on the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Khayelitsha. Conceived of...
Parkway), Mosman Road, the CapeFlats Railway Line, and Lawson Road. It is largely flat, located as it is on the sandy CapeFlats, and is elevated less than...
Fynbos. Cape Town Biodiversity Factsheets" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-11-01.[dead link] "CapeFlats Dune Strandveld. Cape Town Biodiversity...
and humans. The Brewster Flats (41°46′46″N 70°3′40″W / 41.77944°N 70.06111°W / 41.77944; -70.06111) are tidal flats on Cape Cod Bay, particularly near...
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have...
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...
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. Capes were common...
rocks, readily eroded into a 50 km wide flat plain, (now covered with dune sands) called the "CapeFlats". The Cape Fold Belt (i.e. the mountain ranges)...
leading to the construction of a set of flats on the cleared land, colloquially known as the "Fisherman Flats". In 1967, Kalk Bay was proclaimed a "White...