Cape Flats Line
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerPRASA
LocaleCape Town, South Africa
Termini
Stations16
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetrorail Western Cape
Operator(s)Metrorail
Rolling stockX'Tropolis Mega
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationOverhead catenary
Route map

0:00
Cape Town
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N2
Eastern Boulevard
Northern & Central Lines
via Ysterplaat
0:03
Woodstock
0:06
Salt River
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M5
Black River Parkway
0:08
Koeberg Road
0:10
Maitland
0:13
Ndabeni
0:16
Pinelands
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N2
Settlers Way
0:18
Hazendal
0:21
Athlone
0:23
Crawford
0:25
Lansdowne
0:28
Wetton
0:30
Ottery
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M5
Prince George Drive
0:34
Southfield
0:38
Heathfield
0:40
Retreat

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 and Retreat.

Route

The Cape Flats Line service begins at the central Cape Town railway station, from which it runs east along the Cape Town–Bellville main line as far as Maitland. After Maitland station it goes off to the south, passing along the western edge of Pinelands before crossing under the N2 freeway and over the Black River. It then continues south through Athlone and Lansdowne, and then south-west through Ottery and Southfield, before joining the Southern Line route at Heathfield. Services on the Cape Flats Line terminate at occasionally at Heathfield, with the line terminus being Retreat, except for a few trains per day which continue along the Southern Line to Fish Hoek.[1]

Operation

The line is made up of double 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) track, electrified with 3,000 V DC overhead catenary. Services are operated by electric multiple units of X'Tropolis Mega

References

  1. "Timetables". Metrorail Western Cape. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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