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Inchanga is a village in KwaZulu-Natal,
An alternate route around the ravine made the bridge obsolete in 1892, and a train station was built nearby in 1895. A hotel was built near the train station in 1903, but 20 years later a new rail line was built some distance away and business suffered. Both the hotel and the train station have been restored and are operating in their original function. The station serves as the midpoint on the excursion trips of the Umgeni Steam Railway.
Inchanga Hotel
Umgeni Steam Railway
South Africa
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, approximately halfway between Durban
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and Pietermaritzburg.
Schools
Inchanga has several schools, includingRietvallei Combined School Rietvallei may refer to:
* Rietvallei, Gauteng
Rietvallei is a township west of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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, Siphesihle High School, Inchanga Primary School
Inchanga is a village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Schools
Inchanga has several schools, including Rietvallei Combined School, Siphesihle High School, Inchanga Primary School, Zi ...
, Zifikele High School MbaliYezwe Primary School and KwaXimba Combined School.
History
Inchanga was noted as the location of a tall rail viaduct that was poorly constructed and required extremely slow crossing (10km/h), and if the wind speed exceeded 15km/h the passengers were made to walk across the bridge, after which the train followed.
An alternate route around the ravine made the bridge obsolete in 1892, and a train station was built nearby in 1895. A hotel was built near the train station in 1903, but 20 years later a new rail line was built some distance away and business suffered. Both the hotel and the train station have been restored and are operating in their original function. The station serves as the midpoint on the excursion trips of the Umgeni Steam Railway.
External links
Inchanga Hotel
Umgeni Steam Railway
References
{{Durban suburbs Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality