Johannesburg Park Station

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Johannesburg Park Station
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Johannesburg Park Station
Data
Design Terminal and through station
opening 1897 (new building 1930 and 1948–1965)
2012 (Gautrain)
location
City / municipality Johannesburg
province Gauteng
Country South Africa
Coordinates 26 ° 11 '50 "  S , 28 ° 2' 31"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 11 '50 "  S , 28 ° 2' 31"  E
Railway lines
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Johannesburg Park Station is the main railway station of Johannesburg in South Africa . The largest train station in Africa is located in Johannesburg's city center, west of Johannesburg CBD and between Braamfontein and Newtown, and is surrounded by Rissik Street, Wolmarans Street, Wanderers Street and Noord Street. The operator of the station is PRASA .

Station building around 1925
Park Station (2020)

The original Park Station (then: Park Halt) was commissioned by the South African government in 1895 and designed by the Dutch architect Jacob Klinkhammer. The steel platform roof was made in Rotterdam between 1896 and 1897 . Since 1995 it has stood on Nelson Mandela Bridge in the Newtown district.

In 1930 a new station building was built based on the design by the architect Gordon Leith. Between 1948 and 1965, the entire station was rebuilt and received its current appearance. The local trains from Metrorail Gauteng connect you to Carletonville , Randfontein and Soweto in the west, as well as Springs , Nigel and Daveyton in the east. Pretoria is the northern destination. To the south there is a connection to Vereeniging . The southern end point of the Gautrain is also located here .

Long-distance traffic can be reached with the Shosholoza Meyl Cape Town , Durban , Port Elizabeth , East London and Bloemfontein .

Web links

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  1. ^ City of Johannesburg - Trains . In: joburg.org.za . Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.joburg.org.za
  2. ^ Andy Stead: Post-apocalyptic Old Park Station . In: gautengfilm.org.za . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Usually the train moves but with Park Station it's been the building that moves . In: http://lizatlancaster.co.za . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Timetables . In: metrorail.co.za . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ Route Map . In: join.gautrain.co.za . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Timetables . Retrieved January 29, 2015.