Cape Flats Line

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Cape Flats Line
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner
Overhead catenary
Route map

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Cape Town
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N2
Eastern Boulevard
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Woodstock
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Salt River
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M5
Black River Parkway
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Koeberg Road
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Maitland
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Ndabeni
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Pinelands
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N2
Settlers Way
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Hazendal
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Athlone
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Crawford
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Lansdowne
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Wetton
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Ottery
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M5
Prince George Drive
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Southfield
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Heathfield
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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, Southfield, Healthfield and Retreat.

Route

The Cape Flats Line service begins at the central

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.[1]
Map


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'Trapolis Mega

References

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