Avontuur Railway

Avontuur Railway
Avontuur railway map
Route map Legend 0,0 Port Elizabeth 4 m 1,5 Humewood Road Actual terminal 21 m 4,4 Valley Junction Walmer Branch (1906–1928) 7 Emerald Hill Walmer (14th Avenue) 10 Bog Farm (Walmer Road) 14 Lorraine 150 m 17 Theescombe N2 road crossing over line 22 Chelsea Junction EPPC Branch (1927–2001) 24 Greenbushes 27 Progress 30 St Albans 37 Geduldrivier 40 Witteklip 43 Van Stadens 249 m 44 Van Stadens Railway Bridge 47 Sunnyside 255 m Bridge over N2 53 Thornhill 221 m N2 road crossing over line 59 Summit 228 m 67 Kwaaibrand 72 Loerie Last station on the Apple Express 30 m 76 Melon 80 Gamtoos 7 m Branch line to Patensie 81 Bridge over the Gamtoos River 83 Togo 85 Mondplaas 92 m 85 Bodker N2 road crossing over line Bridge over the Kabeljous River 90 Wagon Drift 92 Duplex 93 Kabeljousrivier 14 m 93 Hankey 22 m 100 Jeffreys Bay 100 m 104 Goonakop 104 The Burns 104 Patensie 55m 108 Drie Werve 113 Humansdorp 153 m 117 Kruisfontein N2 road crossing over line 124 Kerkplaas 247 m 130 Billson 135 Howley 50 m Bridge over the Dieprivier R62 overpass 140 Salielaagte 204 m 146 Two Streams 280 m 153 Essenbos 161 Majoorskraal 189 m 164 Assegaaibos End of Regular operation 204 m 170 Melkhoutkraal 177 Jagersbos 183 Kammiebos 191 Kompanjiesdrif 201 Heights 533 m 209 Tweeriviere 214 Joubertina 544 m 215 Bridge over the Wabooms River 225 Krakeelrivier 232 Louterwater Last station during Citrus Season 659 m 235 238 Bruinklip 243 Nuweplaas 251 Misgund 256 Gaviota 261 Ongelegen 269 Haarlem 273 Siesta 285 Avontuur 871 m

The Avontuur Railway is a closed railway line between Gqeberha and the town of Avontuur in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It is the longest 610 mm (2 ft) narrow gauge route in the world at a length of 285 kilometres (177 mi).^[1] "Avontuur" is the Afrikaans and Dutch word for "adventure".