Salt River railway station is a
Metrorail railway station in
Salt River,
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
. It is the second station from the
Cape Town terminus on the old main line to
Bellville, and the junction where the
Southern Line branches from the main line. Services on all of Metrorail's lines pass through the station.
The station has three
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s and one
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
, serving a total of seven tracks. The station building is located on Foundry Street to the south of the tracks.
Services
References
Railway stations in Cape Town
Metrorail Western Cape stations
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