Port Shepstone railway station

Port Shepstone railway station is a closed railway station located in Port Shepstone, South Africa.

The station served as both the southern terminus of Cape Gauge (3' 6"/1067mm) 111 kilometres (69 mi) line from to Durban, as well as the southern coastal terminus of the narrow gauge Alfred County Railway to Harding, KwaZulu-Natal. Opened for operations in 1917, it also served the port facilities of the local docks.

After the standard gauge Transnet passenger services shut in 1986, the ACR continued operations until 2005, when the famous Banana Express ceased operation.

Today, the station purely acts as turning/shunting point for the thrice-weekly Transnet Freight Rail limestone traffic to Saiccor.[1] As a result, the station still houses a diesel shunter. It also acts as the storage point for the unused carriages of the Blue Train, which have been vandalised through a lack of permanent staffing of the site.

References

  1. ↑ "KNOCKING LINES OFF THE MAP". railwaysafrica.com. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

Coordinates: 30°44′36″S 30°27′25″E / 30.7434218°S 30.4570735°E / -30.7434218; 30.4570735

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