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8 unusual facts about Overberg branch line


Overberg branch line

Metrorail services of the Northern Line operate from Cape Town through Bellville to Strand; the rest of the line has no regular passenger service.

The line passes through the fruit-farming area of Elgin before descending the Jakkals River valley to Botrivier.

Two extensions of the line from Caledon were possible: eastwards towards Riviersonderend and Swellendam, with the ultimate possibility of reaching Mossel Bay; or southwards towards Napier and Caledon.

From Botrivier it runs across the Overberg plain through Caledon to a junction at Klipdale.

The line branches from the BellvilleStellenbosch line at Eerste River, from which it runs through Faure and Firgrove to Somerset West.

The Overberg branch line is a railway line in the Western Cape, South Africa, that runs from Cape Town through Somerset West and Caledon to Bredasdorp.

From Van der Stel station in Somerset West a short line branches to the right to Strand.

"Protem" means "for the time being", reflecting the intention to continue the line to Swellendam at some time in the future.



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