Humewood Road railway station

Humewood Road railway station is a railway station located in Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

A separate station to the main Port Elizabeth railway station, built in 1899, it is the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway, which at 285 kilometres (177 mi) is the longest 2ft gauge railway in the world. The Humewood Road-Humansdorp section of the Avontuur Railway was opened on November, 1905.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Report of the general manager of railways. Cape of Good Hope. Dept. of railways. 1910. pp. lxxi. Retrieved 2009-11-25.

Coordinates: 33°58′17″S 25°38′08″E / 33.971428°S 25.635438°E / -33.971428; 25.635438


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