Pretoria station

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Pretoria station
Pretoria station
Pretoria station
Data
Design Terminal and through station
Platform tracks 10
opening 1892 (rebuilt in 1910)

2011 (Gautrain)

Architectural data
architect Sir Herbert Baker
location
City / municipality Pretoria
province Gauteng
Country South Africa
Coordinates 25 ° 45 '29 "  S , 28 ° 11' 21"  O Coordinates: 25 ° 45 '29 "  S , 28 ° 11' 21"  O
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Pretoria Station is the main train station of the South African capital Pretoria . The station, designed as a terminus and through station, is located on Scheiding Street at the junction with Paul Kruger Street.

The original station was built in 1892 by the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij (NZASM) as one of the endpoints of the Pretoria – Lourenço Marques railway line . The current building dates from 1910 and was built by Sir Herbert Baker .

In local traffic, the station serves as the end point of the northern lines of the Gauteng Metrorail . For the standard gauge Gautrain , a new platform was created as a terminal station next to the station building. The station serves as a hairpin in the directions Hatfield and Johannesburg Park Station . The Blue Train luxury train has one of its endpoints here. Access to the Blue Train Lounge is on the east side of the station building.

Due to delays in train traffic, travelers set the station on fire on February 19, 2001. The renovation lasted until February 2002 and cost 18 million rand .

Web links

Commons : Pretoria railway station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Pretoria / Tshwane: Timeline 1800–1889 . In: South African History Online . Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Lucille Davie: A swastika, Herbert Baker & Pretoria Station . SouthAfrica.info. February 13, 2002. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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.southafrica.info
  3. ↑ Trains came too late - passengers set the station on fire . ShortNews.de. February 20, 2001. Retrieved May 21, 2013.