Southern Line (Cape Town)

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Southern Line
A Southern Line train running near Kalk Bay station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	PRASA
Locale	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Termini	Cape Town Simon's Town
Stations	28
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metrorail Western Cape
Operator(s)	Metrorail
Rolling stock	X'Trapolis Mega
History
Opened	1882
Technical
Number of tracks	2 (Cape Town-Fish Hoek) 1 (Fish Hoek-Simon's Town)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary
Route map Legend 0:00 Cape Town N2 Eastern Boulevard Northern & Central Lines via Ysterplaat 0:03 Woodstock 0:06 Salt River Northern, Central & Cape Flats Lines via Maitland 0:09 Observatory N2 Settlers' Way 0:11 Mowbray 0:13 Rosebank Liesbeek River 0:15 Rondebosch 0:18 Newlands 0:20 Claremont 0:22 Harfield Road 0:24 Kenilworth 0:26 Wynberg 0:28 Wittebome 0:30 Plumstead 0:32 Steurhof Diep River 0:34 Diep River Cape Flats Line 0:36 Heathfield 0:39 Retreat 0:42 Steenberg 0:44 Lakeside 0:47 False Bay 0:48 Muizenberg 0:51 St. James 0:53 Kalk Bay Clovelly Silvermine River 0:58 Fish Hoek 1:00 Sunny Cove 1:05 Glencairn 1:10 Simon's Town This diagram: view talk edit

The Southern Line is a commuter rail line operated by Metrorail Western Cape, connecting Cape Town station in central Cape Town, South Africa with the Southern Suburbs and the towns on the west coast of False Bay, terminating in Simon's Town.