Cape Flats Line
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Commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa
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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]
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
- ^ "Timetables". Metrorail Western Cape. Retrieved 31 August 2015.